就叫做此地无银三百两
“it would be protesting too much.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果你去了
“If you go,”
就 叫 做 此地无银三百两
“it would be protesting too much.”
那你呢
“Then what about you?”
“Showing up will just scream that you have something to hide.”
The idiom '此地无银三百两' captures the psychological irony of over-explaining or overtly reacting, which inadvertently confirms suspicion rather than deflecting it.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a clumsy attempt to hide something that only exposes it; a guilty conscience giving itself away
A widely used proverb based on a folk tale where a man put up a sign saying 'no 300 taels buried here' over his hidden money.
is simply called; amounts to
Used colloquially to sum up a situation under a well-known label or proverb.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You bid 300 taels. I don't think anyone would dare to compete with you.”
“- What silver? There was no silver at all! - I really did give it to him!”
“10 taels of silver isn't enough for you?”
“is worth at least 50 taels.”
“will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.”
“the silver on the ground is theirs!”