牙好的时候都咬不动
“I couldn't bite even with good teeth.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
乱讲啥呢嘛
“Seriously?”
牙好的时候都 咬不动
“I couldn't bite even with good teeth.”
“My dear Pei, is anything else on you fake?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In domestic Chinese interactions, elderly or middle-aged partners frequently joke about bodily decline like losing teeth to foster warmth and deflect self-pity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
too tough to bite / cannot chew
A standard resultative complement indicating that food is too hard or chewy to bite through.
in good times / back when (it) was fine
Used to recall past optimal conditions in contrast to current bodily decline.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I can't chew anything or eat meat without that tooth.”
“I guess it's your wisdom tooth getting stuck below the surface of your gums. So it's swollen.”
“Even teeth bite the tongue.”
“Better yet, a fucking dentist.”
“he cures illnesses without medicine. My tooth hadn't been fixed for years.”
“Don't bite off more than you can chew.”