羊毛出在羊身上 那还不是你的钱吗
“It came out of your own pocket. It was your money anyway.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Thank you for giving the money to my mom.”
羊毛出在羊身上 那还不是 你的钱 吗
“It came out of your own pocket. It was your money anyway.”
“But you gave her the money as a police officer. It made her believe”
“You don't need to thank me; it was your money in the first place.”
In Chinese communicative culture, declining personal credit or deflecting gratitude is a standard way to demonstrate modesty and maintain harmonious peer relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the wool comes from the sheep's back; in the end, the cost comes out of one's own pocket
A common idiom used when someone receives an apparent benefit or gift that actually originated from their own resources.
isn't it just; after all, it is
Use this rhetorical pattern to state an obvious truth or clarify the real nature of a situation.
Marks a rhetorical question that prompts the listener to recognize an obvious fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So in the end, it all came out of Dad's money.”
“Turns out the money is still your father's.”
“The customer is ultimately the one who pays, and I don't think they'll pay for it.”