一回来就跟我摆个脸
“Why the long face?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你干吗呀
“What are you doing?”
一回来就 跟我 摆个脸
“Why the long face?”
我就是跟她聊得挺好的
“We had a great talk”
“Why are you giving me an attitude the second you walk through the door?”
In Chinese households, bringing external dissatisfaction home and 'showing face' (putting on a sour expression) is viewed as emotionally disruptive and provocative toward family members.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pull a long face; put on a sour expression
A highly colloquial idiom used to call out someone visibly sulking or showing hostility through their facial expression.
as soon as... then...
A standard correlative structure used here to highlight how immediately and reliably the bad mood manifests.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You've put on this grumpy face as soon as you got back.”
“And you come back with that face?”
“He came back with a long face. He barely touched his food”