话是这么说 但是既然你俩已经踩了刹车
“I get it, but since you two have hit the brakes”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让大家尴尬了
“I've made it awkward for her.”
话是这么说 但是 既然 你俩 已经 踩了刹车
“I get it, but since you two have hit the brakes”
并且以后也不会有什么发展了 那我就告你个消息
“and there's no future there anyway, I've got some news”
“I accept your point, but more importantly, now that you two are finished, I can finally spill the beans.”
Friends often hold back candid gossip or hard truths while two people are courting to avoid sabotaging the connection; once the romance is definitively off, disclosing secrets is considered fair game.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that may be so; that's true, but...
A very common conversational bridge used to politely concede the listener's point before pivoting to a counter-argument or new topic.
slam on the brakes; hit the brakes
A modern conversational metaphor meaning to halt an escalating situation or call off romantic development.
