我以为只有无能庸人才这么想
“I think only inept people believe that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“This is why they say smart women are dangerous.”
我以为 只有 无能庸人 才 这么想
“I think only inept people believe that.”
“I didn't expect Your Highness to be one of them.”
“Only mediocre men fear smart women, which makes you a complete mediocrity.”
Traditional maxims often asserted that lack of talent was a virtue for women; here, the speaker boldly attacks that notion as an excuse used by insecure men.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
To act according to the prevailing situation / go with the flow
A refined four-character idiom describing strategic adaptation to circumstances.
Mediocre person / incompetent person
Used in literary or dramatic registers to describe someone lacking exceptional vision or capability.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“who are nothing but incompetents who slander behind closed doors.”
“and see how useless you really are.”
“If there's nothing you can do about something, let it go.”
“Was he truly powerless, or did he do it deliberately?”
“There is really nothing much we can do.”
“Utterly foolish!”