我可听说有人要高薪挖墙脚
“I heard someone's trying to poach your executive with high salaries.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你不会不知道吧
“Don't tell me you don't know.”
我 可听说 有人 要 高薪挖墙脚
“I heard someone's trying to poach your executive with high salaries.”
你公司的高管可都动心了
“And your senior management is tempted.”
“Watch your back—your key people are being courted right under your nose.”
The metaphor 'digging at the foundation of the wall' reflects the vulnerability of organizations when key personnel with crucial networks and skills are lured away by competitors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to undermine; to poach talent or clients from a competitor
Literally 'to dig at the foot of the wall'. Widely used in business for corporate poaching, and in romance for stealing someone's partner.
high salary / lucrative compensation
Used as an attributive noun/adjective to describe tempting financial offers in recruitment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“could you please vary your poaching tactics?”
“He's not trying to poach her, is he?”
“High pay! There's a number on it. Call me!”
“It's not like cheating in secret.”
“I'm not going to poach you from your post. Just focus on your work, do what you need to do.”
“You won't make money even if you stay open.”