turn your back on someone背棄

一句就把分享的邊界劃清：我配合你，但你別越界。

you are not privileged to ...

要禮貌而堅決地拒絕越界提問時能用；對平輩說會顯得端著。

that is not for you to know ／ you don't get to ask about my family

正式

not privileged 加重，family 收尾放低。

I'll explain the project, but you are not privileged to see the client list. 專案我可以講，但客戶名單你沒資格看。

一串食物名把對法國的鄙視和吃醋全抖出來，孩子氣又好笑。

go live in ... land

熟人互懟、想損得誇張時能用；對不熟的人說會冒犯人。

go live in cheese land ／ move to your baguette paradise

口語

cheese, snail, baguette 三個詞咬清楚，語氣往上衝。

If you love the beach so much, go live in sunscreen land. 你這麼愛海灘，就搬去防曬霜國住吧。

把戀愛裡最磨人的想念說成日常，溫柔得幾乎像預言。

spend your days dreaming of ...

安慰單身或異地戀的朋友時能用；對剛失戀的人說會像說教。

you'll spend your days waiting for that moment ／ you'll keep dreaming of holding them again

literary

someone 輕讀，hold them in your arms 連讀放柔。

She spends her days dreaming of the moment she can see him again. 她整天盼著能再見到他的那一刻。

假條件句先假設對方無心，再誇張地把傷害講成物理效果。

If she had a heart, this would ...

半開玩笑地嚇唬同夥時能用；對當事人說就是真的傷人。

this would break anyone's heart ／ it would shatter her if she cared

口語

break it clean in two 連讀，clean 稍重。

If he had any pride, this prank would break it in two. 他要是還有自尊，這惡作劇能把它劈成兩半。

借詩人名句給卑劣的分手信鑲邊，諷刺效果拉滿。

like someone says, ...

引用名言來包裝自己的話時能用；斷章取義會被聽出來。

as the saying goes ／ to borrow a poet's words

literary

Rilke 後稍停，letting each other go 放慢收尾。

It's like my coach says: show up, or sit down. 就像我教練說的：要麼上場，要麼坐下。

把分手寫成一聲輕飄飄的道歉，冷酷全在這份客氣裡。

sorry about letting you go

分手或放人離開時能用；認真告別時這樣說會顯得敷衍。

sorry I'm letting you go ／ I'm sorry to let you go

中性

goodbye 後停頓，letting you go 輕快地收。

Sorry about letting you go; the team will miss you. 很抱歉要放你走，團隊會想你的。