被真正的肇事者蒙在了鼓里
“just like us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
许领班跟我们都一样
“Ms. Xu was deceived by the actual perpetrator,”
被 真正的 肇事者蒙在了鼓里
“just like us.”
“Do not punish him; the real culprit tricked him into this mess.”
In office disputes, colleagues often navigate shifting blame to ensure lower-level employees are not framed for executive missteps.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
kept in the dark
A highly common idiom meaning someone is completely unaware of the truth or deception around them.
perpetrator / person who caused the trouble
Used in formal or serious spoken contexts to refer to the person responsible for an incident.
Marks the completion of the action of being deceived and remaining unaware.