这回马屁拍到马蹄子上了
“I tried to flatter him and got on his bad side instead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
乱给我支招
“You gave me bad advice.”
这回马屁 拍到 马蹄子 上了
“I tried to flatter him and got on his bad side instead.”
是是是
“Yes, yes.”
“Your terrible advice completely backfired and got me into serious trouble!”
Flattery (literally 'patting the horse's rump') is a recognized social maneuver in Chinese hierarchical settings, but doing it clumsily can invite immediate disaster.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
flattery that backfires badly
A vivid idiom describing an attempt to suck up to someone that accidentally angers them instead.
to give terrible/reckless advice
Colloquial term used to blame someone for proposing useless or counterproductive solutions.
Emphasizes the realization of an unfortunate, irreversible outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't expect that my good intentions totally backfired.”
“If he dares to lay his pig trotters on me,”
“be careful of buttering him up in the wrong way.”