这大海捞针的活给我做
“if I were the one doing this impossible search through the masses,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过莫说是你
“But then again, not just you—”
这大海捞针的活给我做
“if I were the one doing this impossible search through the masses,”
也没工夫
“I wouldn't have the leisure”
“Don't dump this impossible mission on me; I won't waste my time.”
Using colloquial idioms like 'finding a needle in a haystack' allows speakers to criticize the premise of a request rather than attacking the person directly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
looking for a needle in a haystack; an impossible search
A very common idiom used to describe tasks with near-zero probability of success.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“if I were given this task of finding a needle in a haystack,”
“This is like finding a needle in a haystack. If we had fingerprints, I could search the database.”