Question

how is the world are you going to catch a thief like that?(f

Answer 1

句子开头不是 how is 而是 how in 才对：

in the world 是口语表达时加在句中的夸张语气,表达出不认同的态度.

翻译时可以略过不表,即“像这样你要怎么去抓贼?”；

实际上话中隐藏的意思是“像你这样别想抓到贼”