人都掉钱眼子里了
“He's all about money now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Will you be okay here alone?”
人都 掉钱眼子里 了
“He's all about money now.”
走吧
“Let's go.”
“Don't waste your sympathy on them; they only care about making money right now.”
Traditional Chinese copper coins featured a square hole in the middle, known as the 'coin's eye'. Colloquially, 'falling into the coin's eye' describes someone so blinded by greed that their entire vision is narrowed to financial gain.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
obsessed with money; money-grubbing
A popular colloquial metaphor describing someone who cares about nothing other than financial gain.
Indicates a completed change of state, emphasizing that the person has already reached the point of total obsession.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're really obsessed with money.”
“Someone is just obsessed with money.”
“Always obsessed with money.”
“I thought you were obsessed with money.”