不管死马还是活马
“Give it a shot, whether it's a long shot or not.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
帮我看看这什么东西
“figure out what this is.”
不管 死马 还是 活马
“Give it a shot, whether it's a long shot or not.”
先医治试试
“Give it a shot, whether it's a long shot or not.”
“It might already be hopeless, but we have nothing to lose by giving it a shot.”
Reflects the common folk philosophy of attempting any possible solution when facing a desperate or near-hopeless dilemma.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dead horse or live horse / whether it is hopeless or not
A conversational variation of the idiom 'treating a dead horse as if it were alive', indicating a last-ditch effort.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have to try, even if it's a long shot.”
“It's also possible he's just making a last-ditch effort.”
“was alive or dead.”
“A good horse dies on the battlefield,”
“if we die, we die together.'”
“I would rather die on the battlefield.”