当日若非我及时出现
“If I hadn't shown up in time that day,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
计较
“Stoop to his level?”
当日 若非 我 及时出现
“If I hadn't shown up in time that day,”
“have you thought about what might have happened?”
“You would be dead right now if I hadn't saved you, so stop acting so reckless.”
Reminding someone of a life-saving intervention establishes moral authority and demands compliance or humility from the other party.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if not for; were it not for
A literary conjunction used to introduce a counterfactual condition, common in formal or period speech.
to show up in the nick of time
Used to describe someone intervening or arriving just before a disaster occurs.