有人一辈子也摸不着边
“while others can never touch them in their lifetime.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“some people can reach them just by standing on tiptoe,”
有人 一辈子 也 摸不着边
“while others can never touch them in their lifetime.”
大
“Dad,”
“No matter how hard some people try, they will never achieve what comes effortlessly to others.”
Reflects the common contemporary Chinese sentiment of societal gap ('involution' or class barriers) where privilege easily trumps a lifetime of hard work.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot even come close; completely out of reach
A vivid colloquial idiom used when someone is nowhere near achieving a goal or grasping an idea.
all one's life; a lifetime
Commonly placed before verbs to emphasize the perpetual or lifelong nature of an action or state.