这一个个心眼怎么比针鼻还小啊
“why are you all so petty?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们这群男生
“You guys,”
这 一个个 心眼 怎么 比针鼻 还小 啊
“why are you all so petty?”
我是真有事
“I really have something to do.”
“Stop being so petty and small-minded over nothing!”
In Chinese culture, having 'large heart-eyes' (big mind) implies generosity and magnanimity, whereas 'small heart-eyes' denotes pettiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extremely petty; narrower than the eye of a needle
A vivid figurative idiom used in everyday speech to criticize someone who takes things too personally or holds petty grudges.
Softens the rhetorical question and adds an exasperated, playful emotional color.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How was I catching an attitude? What dirty looks?”
“When I brought it up, he started catching an attitude!”
“who's narrow-minded and petty. Who said that? Am I narrow-minded?”
“You have a good nose. Of course.”
“His eyes and nose”
“Your nose works pretty well. You got up as soon as you smelled the food.”