in the toilet跌到谷底

用對方的感謝句式原樣退回，禮貌外殼下是刀。

Thank you for X, but I don't X you

對方搶先示好而你並不接受時用，對熟人最有力，別在談判桌上說。

Thanks for the apology, but it isn't accepted. ／ You can forgive me all you like; I'm not there yet.

中性

Thank you 端著說，but 後停頓，don't forgive 逐字加重。

Thank you for covering for me, but I don't forgive the lie. 謝謝你替我遮掩，但那個謊我不原諒。

couldn't see straight 把嫉妒寫到失控，坦白得近乎狼狽。

I was so X I couldn't see straight

形容自己被情緒衝昏頭時用，對好友坦白最合適，別拿來當藉口。

I was so angry I couldn't think straight. ／ Jealousy had me completely blind.

口語

so jealous 拉長，couldn't see straight 連讀收快。

I was so tired I couldn't see straight by Friday. 到週五我已經累得眼前發花了。

when really 一翻，把多年誤解翻成遲到的心疼。

I thought I X, when really I Y

講自己後來才看明白的感情時用，對朋友傾訴，別用在辯解裡。

I called it hate, when really it was love. ／ I thought I resented him, when really I missed him.

literary

thought 和 hated 輕讀，when really 稍停後轉柔。

I thought I hated that town, when really I missed it. 我以為我討厭那座小鎮，其實我是想它的。

用“掉進馬桶”的粗糲比喻說事業崩盤，比 failure 更口語也更扎心。

My career was in the toilet.

跟老朋友倒苦水、講事業低谷時用；正式彙報或對客戶別說，太隨便。

Did you know my career had gone down the drain? ／ My career was in the gutter back then.

口語

Did you know 連讀，career was 輕，in the toilet 降調強調。

You had no idea my career was in the toilet last year. 你根本不知道我去年事業爛成什麼樣。