怎么能把这茬给忘了?
“How did I forget that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“There is no such thing as an authorization pass.”
怎么能 把 这茬 给忘了 ?
“How did I forget that?”
算了
“Never mind.”
“Darn it, how could I be so careless and overlook such an obvious detail?”
Using a rhetorical question aimed at oneself is a typical Chinese conversational reflex to soften an error before others can point it out.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to overlook or forget this specific matter
A highly colloquial northern Chinese idiom used when suddenly realizing one forgot an important detail or topic.
Indicates a completed state of forgetting that has already produced an unfortunate outcome.