你们能不能与时俱进一点
“Keep up with the times, will you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you gather evidence and call the cops.”
你们 能不能 与时俱进 一点
“Keep up with the times, will you?”
我当然知道 早报案了
“I know that. I already called the cops.”
“Do you really think I'm that clueless? Of course I already thought of that.”
Native speakers often adopt grand, formal Chengyu (four-character idioms) in casual spats to add humorous or biting sarcasm to everyday complaints.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
keep up with the times; stay modern
Originally a formal political idiom, it is frequently used colloquially in a teasing or slightly sarcastic way to tell someone their thinking is outdated.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We must keep up with the times too.”
“we should have a bit of innovation.”
“Can you two be considerate of”
“is somehow different now.”
“But can they keep up with the times?”
“The way you talked was way too modern!”