这屋里可就两个喘气的 别假装听不见
“There are only two people breathing in this room. Don't pretend you didn't hear that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But she's really thoughtful and knows how to carry herself.”
这屋里可就两个 喘气的 别假 装听不见
“There are only two people breathing in this room. Don't pretend you didn't hear that.”
我听着呢 你继续
“I heard you. Go on.”
“I know you hear me, so stop ignoring me.”
Blunt humorous exaggeration like 'only two breathing creatures' is frequently deployed to break conversational stonewalling.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
breathing soul; living person
A highly colloquial, blunt metonymy used to refer to a living human being in informal speech.
to pretend not to hear
Used to confront someone who is deliberately giving the silent treatment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Give us a chance to breathe,”
“He doesn't give himself any breathing room.”
“The room might not be big,”
“we can finally catch our breath.”
“Let's talk inside. No, Auntie.”
“You hardly have anything in this place.”