再这么下去 对谁都不好
“It's bad for everyone if this goes on.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也不是一天两天了
“for a while now.”
再这么下去 对谁都不好
“It's bad for everyone if this goes on.”
不如痛快点
“Why not just let it go”
“This deadlock is toxic for both of us; let's just end it right now.”
While Chinese interpersonal communication often favors tolerance, when an issue drags on detrimentally, appealing to 'mutual benefit' (对谁都不好) provides a face-saving rationale to demand an abrupt end without assigning sole blame.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if things keep going on like this
Used as a conditional phrase warning of negative cumulative consequences if a current bad trend persists.
it won't be good for anybody
A pragmatic appeal emphasizing mutual disadvantage in order to convince the other party to break a stalemate.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can't go on like this.”
“If this keeps up, I won't be able to manage it.”
“life like this with him?”
“can't go on like this.”
“if this continues, I'm afraid no one will do business with us.”
“But this can't go on.”
“If this continues, something will go wrong sooner or later.”
“She can't keep running like this.”