我还以为 你会放我鸽子呢
“I thought you'd blow me off.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
陈小姐
“Miss Chen.”
我还以为 你会 放我鸽子 呢
“I thought you'd blow me off.”
我去买爆米花
“I'll grab some popcorn.”
“I'm relieved you actually showed up, though I half-expected you to flake on me.”
Literally meaning 'releasing pigeons', this is the standard colloquial Chinese metaphor for flaking on a date or failing to keep an appointment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I thought / I had assumed (mistakenly)
Use this structure when realizing an earlier assumption was contrary to reality.
to stand someone up; to flake on plans
A very common colloquial idiom used when someone fails to show up for an agreed appointment.
Softens the assumption and adds a lingering, teasing tone to the revelation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But that's no reason to stand me up.”
“I thought I was going to lose you.”
“I thought you'd scold me.”
“I thought you were joking.”
“I thought you'd be like me,”
“I thought you'd forgotten.”