我只是实话实说而已啊
“I'm just telling the truth.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“- Do you have to do this? - What?”
我 只是 实话实说 而已 啊
“I'm just telling the truth.”
- 不好意思 - 哦 对
“- Excuse me. - Oh, right.”
“Do not blame me for upsetting people; I only said what is true.”
Appealing to 'telling the truth' is often used defensively to evade responsibility for violating communicative harmony or causing social loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to speak the plain truth / tell it like it is
A set idiomatic phrase used to emphasize frankness and lack of deceit.
merely... and nothing more
A framing pattern used to minimize the significance or severity of an action.
Conveys an aggrieved, defensive tone, signaling that the speaker feels the criticism is unwarranted.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And I was telling the truth.”
“I only said what was in my heart.”
“I'm just a practical person. To be honest,”
“But I was telling the truth.”