我就知道这事情根本就瞒不住你
“I knew I couldn't keep this from you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来 秦娥 喝水
“Here, Qin'e. Have some water.”
我就知道 这事情 根本 就 瞒不住 你
“I knew I couldn't keep this from you.”
其实没有啥
“Actually, it's nothing.”
“You are too sharp for me to hide this from you, so I might as well come clean.”
Telling someone 'nothing can be hidden from you' flatters their intelligence and intimacy, functioning as a face-saving strategy when a cover-up collapses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot conceal; unable to hide from
A potential complement phrase used when a truth or secret is bound to be exposed or deduced.
simply; fundamentally; at all
Used before a negative predicate to add strong emphasis to an impossibility or categorical fact.