还不是你大嘴巴
“Because you let it slip,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你为什么这么做
“Why did you do that?”
还不是你大嘴巴
“Because you let it slip,”
“telling him something about gain and loss.”
“Don't blame me, this whole disaster happened because you couldn't keep your mouth shut!”
Using '还不是' is a classic rhetorical strategy in Mandarin to dismiss someone's deflection and pinpoint their personal fault with biting finality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it just; all because of
A rhetorical construction used to point out the obvious cause or place blame firmly onto someone.
blabbermouth; big mouth
A colloquial label for someone who leaks secrets or talks carelessly.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but I'm not as magnanimous as you are.”
“I should slap him. I'll give him a real slap!”
“is not a bastard like you.”
“I really want to slap you.”
“You are not a burden.”
“Besides you little brat,”