你可就死到临头了
“you'll be as good as dead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一旦有人把你供出来
“If someone gives you away,”
你可就 死到临头 了
“you'll be as good as dead.”
“Do not drag me down with you when that happens.”
“You are completely doomed if this leaks, so make sure you don't take me down with you.”
In Chinese crime and dramatic narratives, accomplices often maintain a fragile truce characterized by mutual warnings to avoid mutual destruction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
imminent death / facing one's doom
An idiomatic expression used to describe someone in desperate peril whose downfall is right around the corner.
then truly / definitely will
Used before a verb or clause to emphasize a certain, usually severe consequence.
Indicates a newly realized change of state and reinforces the inevitability of the fatal outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You were already in a life-or-death situation,”
“It has reached the point of life or death.”
“You'll end up miserable.”
“that I wouldn't let him die without a taste of pain.”
“that at death's door,”
“lives may be lost,”