好一个没想到
“"Didn't expect?"”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我没想到你会那样做
“I didn't expect that you'd go that far.”
好一个 没想到
“"Didn't expect?"”
你空有一身本事
“You possess extraordinary skills,”
“Don't pretend you didn't know; that excuse is completely pathetic.”
Chinese speakers often repeat an opponent's key phrase prefaced by '好一个' to directly attack their defense and dismantle their face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what a... / quite the...
Used before a noun or repeated phrase to express strong ironic mockery or cynical disbelief.
did not expect / unexpected
Commonly used to indicate surprise, but echoed here as an object of scorn.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Wow, never saw that coming.”
“I never thought”
“But I truly never expected”
“I truly never imagined”
“Well, this is unexpected.”
“Never saw that coming.”