一窝蜂给我围住 我以为是要债的
“They swarmed around me— I even thought they were debt collectors.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You have no idea. Today, there were over 20 people who came to ask about franchising.”
一窝蜂 给我 围住 我以为 是 要债 的
“They swarmed around me— I even thought they were debt collectors.”
“That sight even startled the reporter, Mr. Liu, from Jingcheng Evening News.”
“We are overwhelmingly popular right now—it was complete chaos, but in the best way possible!”
Complaining about being overwhelmed by crowds of customers or investors is a culturally common, humblebragging way to display commercial success without appearing openly conceited.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
like a swarm of bees; in a chaotic mob
Used idiomatically to describe a crowd rushing forward or doing something simultaneously in a disorderly fashion.
debt collector; creditor demanding payment
Often invoked in humorous comparisons to describe aggressive, persistent, or intimidating crowds.
Forms a nominalized phrase indicating the category of people (debt collectors).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If everyone crowds in there, we'll just be standing around worrying”
“If everyone crowds in there,”
“Stir up a hornet's nest and you'll get stung all over.”
“Circle up the area! Yes!”
“is to have someone else stir up this hornet's nest for us.”
“born in litters?”