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前为什么没有谓语?是特殊结构还是口语化的省略?
我们常说能搞定某人或某事 handle sb or sth (某事),所以口语中很少在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:
“you painting her as a liar and a cheat”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(an example),因而它尽管有9个单词,但仍然不是句子,而是一个词组。
B: Handle what?(say)You painting her as a liar and a cheat?