人心不足蛇吞象啊
“Talk about biting off more than you can chew.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人心不足蛇吞象 啊
“Talk about biting off more than you can chew.”
小宇
“Zhiyu,”
“They are being blindingly greedy, and it is going to blow up in their face.”
Traditional Chinese philosophy places heavy emphasis on 'knowing when enough is enough' (知足常乐); overreach driven by unchecked greed is widely censured using mythological imagery.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a person's greed knows no bounds; like a snake trying to swallow an elephant
A common cautionary idiom used to censure excessive ambition or dissatisfaction with already sufficient gains.
Enhances the sighing, critical, and lamenting tone of the observation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Ambition is never satisfied!”
“A man who's never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant—”
“- Greed never ends. - Your Majesty.”