“I'll have you know, I'm a better Dorothy Parker than Dorothy Parker.”
我告訴你,我比多蘿西·帕克還像多蘿西·帕克。
把抄襲說成超越,自信和心虛攪在一起,一句就立住人物。
I'll have you know ...
半玩笑地為自己正名時用;真跟人起爭執時這麼說容易火上澆油。
I'll have you know I taught myself. / I'll have you know, I'm quite good at this.
口語
have you know 連讀,better 重讀,兩個 Parker 一升一降。
I'll have you know, I baked that bread myself. 我告訴你,那麵包是我自己烤的。
