哪壶不开提哪壶
“Always mentioning my sore spots.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
哪壶不开提哪壶
“Always mentioning my sore spots.”
“Time to get back to that romantic dream.”
“Why do you have to bring up the one thing I didn't want to talk about?”
Calling out someone with this idiom is usually a colloquial, semi-humorous way of signaling boundary violation without escalating into genuine hostility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to touch a sore spot; to bring up an awkward subject
A very common colloquial idiom used to call out someone for mentioning the exact thing that causes embarrassment or irritation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You had to hit a sore spot.”
“Don't even start. Hurry up. I have to fetch my girl.”
“Why do you always have to bring up sore subjects? Didn't you bring it up first?”