食花生
sik6 faa1 sang1shí huā shēnginferred
English
- to watch a dramatic event unfold as a bystander; literally: to eat peanuts
粵語 — Cantonese
- 即係食住花生等睇戲;比喻剩係企係度旁觀唔插手,當睇戲咁旁觀一啲戲劇性嘅事件
Examples
你哋想打交?咁我喺度食花生喇。
You guys wanna fight each other? Cool. I'm grabbing some popcorn while I watch.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk