我感觉我的脚都攥成了拳头
“I felt my feet clenching like fists.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
后来考试的时候
“Then during the exam,”
我 感觉 我的 脚都攥成了拳头
“I felt my feet clenching like fists.”
“So I imagined the examiners as sheep,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often describe psychological tension through visceral physical metaphors to build emotional rapport and lighten the mood.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to clench into a fist
A vivid somatic expression used metaphorically to describe curling up tightly due to extreme nervous tension.