A:she is a grown woman,she can handle it.
B:handle what?you painting her as a liar and a cheat?
这里painting前为何没谓语?是特殊结构还是口语化的省略?
大家常说能解决某人或某事handlesborsth(某事),所以口语中极少在handle后面接句子,常接单词或词组。而且从整体来看,其逻辑应该是:
“youpaintingherasaliarandacheat”在本例中不是疑问句的口语省略形式,而是对前面what所指事物的一种举例(anexample),因而它尽管有9个单词,但仍然不是句子,而是一个词组。
B:Handlewhat?(say)Youpaintingherasaliarandacheat?