想给我这个新总经理一个下马威
“They want to show me who the true boss is.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“the whole hotel is making way for Feng Kaixin.”
想 给我 这个 新总经理一个 下马威
“They want to show me who the true boss is.”
你这么积极
“You're so proactive.”
“They are deliberately trying to intimidate me and test my limits right as I take charge.”
A classical idiom describing how leaders or rivals execute a premeditated show of strength upon someone's arrival to force submission and delineate workplace hierarchy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an initial show of force or severity to establish authority
Use with '给...一个下马威' to describe someone attempting to intimidate or test a newcomer immediately upon arrival.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“this girl doesn't even like the general manager.”
“I have a good impression of this general manager.”
“That's the general manager's seat.”
“Mr. Chen, I'm leaving now.”
“please show some mercy, Mr. Ji.”
“did you see Mr. Ji's face?”