我说什么里外都是坏人
“No matter what I say, I'll end up being that bad guy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Where are you going? Do you think I can explain myself right now?”
我说 什么 里外都是坏人
“No matter what I say, I'll end up being that bad guy.”
“From today on, I'm done interfering.”
“I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't, so I'm done trying.”
Reflects the common relational struggle in Chinese interpersonal networks where an intermediary fails to satisfy both opposing parties and ends up resented by both.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
damned either way / viewed as the bad guy no matter what
Derived from the idiom '里外不是人', used to complain about pleasing nobody and taking the blame from all sides.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“All sorts of bad things can happen here.”
“What can we talk about you?”
“What gossip are you two whispering about me now?”
“I can tell good people from bad.”
“You can't even tell the good guys from the bad guys.”
“But I say it's deceptive nonsense.”