你就算闲到吃飞醋
“Even if you're jealous for no reason,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这回湾南的关系也是我搞来的
“I secured the connections in Wannan this time.”
你 就算 闲到 吃飞醋
“Even if you're jealous for no reason,”
也等到生意做成了再说吧
“at least wait until the deal's done.”
“Get your priorities straight and stop making unnecessary drama over nothing.”
Chinese metaphorically equates romantic jealousy to tasting sour vinegar; adding '飞' emphasizes unfounded, out-of-nowhere suspicion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to become groundlessly or unnecessarily jealous
Used colloquially to describe baseless jealousy over an imagined or irrelevant rival.
even if... still...
A concessive connective pattern used to grant a hypothetical premise before stating a non-negotiable condition.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do I look that idle? You came at midnight and expect me to cook for you?”
“Why are you still jealous over something so old?”
“Someone was even jealous of himself.”
“I won't be jealous. Me, jealous?”
“You're not jealous of me and her, are you?”
“Eat. No need to worry about it.”