他们想把我们拉下水 溅我们一身泥
“They're trying to drag us down and splash mud all over us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“are living in the sewer like rats.”
他们想把我们 拉下水 溅我们一身泥
“They're trying to drag us down and splash mud all over us.”
但肮脏的始终是他们 我们不应该惩罚我们自己
“But they are the ones who will always be dirty. We should never punish ourselves.”
“They are corrupt and want to ruin our integrity so they look less guilty.”
Chinese moral metaphors frequently contrast pure water/clean clothes with dirt and muddy water to denote moral corruption versus ethical integrity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to drag someone into the water; to corrupt or implicate someone
A very common idiom used when corrupt individuals try to make others complicit in wrongful acts.
to get splashed all over with mud; to have one's reputation tarnished
Use metaphorically when someone's malicious scheming ends up dirtying your name or reputation.
