早都掉进死胡同了 我说你到处瞎打听什么
“It's been a dead end for ages. What are you snooping around for?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You don't need to hide it from me. It's been 5 years with no progress.”
早都掉进 死胡同 了 我说 你到处 瞎打听 什么
“It's been a dead end for ages. What are you snooping around for?”
谁告诉你的
“Who told you that?”
“Mind your own business and stop poking into things that don't concern you.”
In Chinese institutional environments, subordinates probing into sensitive or deadlocked cases without permission is seen as a breach of protocol and boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dead end; cul-de-sac; impasse
Commonly used both literally for dead-end alleys and metaphorically for negotiations, investigations, or thinking that leads nowhere.
to snoop around; to make unauthorized inquiries
Carries a strong negative connotation, criticizing someone for asking about things they shouldn't be involved in.
Marks an existing, settled state of affairs to convey finality and discourage further debate.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you'd already be dead.”
“or if I had already entered hell.”
“are long in the past.”
“I'd probably be in prison by now.”
“I shouldn't have taken over this mess!”
“If I'd known, I'd have told her.”