這場戲：自嘲單身後撮合冤家
第 9 章 · 共 24 章 · 3'22"
舞會散後，唐彼得誇碧翠絲天生快活，她卻自嘲人人成雙，只剩自己，只能喊 Heigh-ho for a husband（唉，給我個丈夫吧）。王子說替她找一個，她回一句 Your grace is too costly to wear every day（太貴重，日常穿戴不起）。最後王子定計，要把她和培尼狄克撮合出 a mountain of affection（山一樣深的感情）。
她「躲開煩惱」是 keep on the windy side of care，又喊 Heigh-ho for a husband（給我個丈夫吧）
a merry heart 天性快活、心寬the windy side of care 煩心事夠不著的那一側everyone to the world but I 人人都如此，就我例外
「唉，給我個丈夫吧」是 Heigh-ho for a husband，她用「穿戴不起」婉拒王子
Heigh-ho for a husband 唉，給我個丈夫吧your father's getting 你父親造出來的too costly to wear 太貴重，不捨得常用
舞會散後，眾人拿碧翠絲的婚事打趣。唐彼得誇她天生一顆快活的心，Poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care（總待在煩心事的上風處）。可她轉眼自嘲：人人成雙成對，只剩自己還曬得黑黑的，只能坐在角落喊 Heigh-ho for a husband（唉，給我個丈夫吧）。王子說替她找一個，她回敬 Your grace is too costly to wear every day（殿下太貴重，日常穿戴不起）。有人誇她性子快活，說她 born in a merry hour（出生在快活的時辰），她打趣說有顆星星在跳舞，她就在那顆星底下出生。唐彼得順勢定計，要撮合她和培尼狄克，讓兩人生出 a mountain of affection（山一樣深的感情）。想學自嘲單身、拒絕又不失體面，這幾句最好用。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“Poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care.”
這傻心眼兒，好在總待在煩心事的上風處。
把心說成一個躲開煩惱的小傻瓜，用航海詞兒寫出樂天，機靈又可愛。
keep on the windy side of something
說某人始終躲開麻煩、樂呵呵時用；帶玩笑口氣，別用來談正經風險。
She stays on the safe side of trouble. ／ He keeps clear of worry.
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windy side of 連讀，care 收得輕。
She keeps on the windy side of care and never complains. 她總躲在煩心事的上風處，從沒抱怨過。
“Thus goes everyone to the world but I, and I am sunburnt.”
人人都這樣成雙成對，就剩我一個，還曬得黑乎乎的。
用一句自嘲把落單說得又好笑又可憐，sunburnt 一詞尤其出彩。
Thus goes everyone but me.
自嘲落單、被剩在一旁時用；朋友間玩笑可以，認真抱怨略顯做作。
Everyone pairs off except me. ／ I am the only one left out.
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Thus goes 連讀，sunburnt 重音在後一音節。
Everyone here is married but me, and I am sunburnt too. 這兒除了我，人人都結了婚，我還曬得黑乎乎的。
“I may sit in a corner and cry, "Heigh-ho for a husband!"”
我只好坐在角落裡喊：「唉，給我個丈夫吧！」
把待嫁的無奈編成一句順口的嘆詞，自憐裡帶著俏皮，非常好記。
cry "Heigh-ho for a husband!"
自嘲想找物件時用；熟人聚會裡說很有梗，正式場合別用。
Sighing for a husband in a corner. ／ Wishing someone would come along.
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Heigh-ho 前重後輕，for a husband 連讀上揚。
Every wedding makes me cry heigh-ho for a husband. 每參加一場婚禮，我就忍不住嘆一句：給我個丈夫吧。
“Your grace is too costly to wear every day.”
殿下這身太貴重，天天穿戴不起。
拿「穿不起」來婉拒求婚，把拒絕說得又俏皮又體面，是絕妙的擋箭牌。
be too costly to do something
半開玩笑地婉拒別人好意時用；對方若當真，會聽不出這是拒絕。
You are too fine for everyday use. ／ That is far too good for daily wear.
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too costly to 連讀，every day 輕輕收尾。
This watch is too costly to wear on a building site. 這塊表太貴重了，工地可戴不得。
“which is to bring Benedick and Beatrice into a mountain of affection, the one with the other.”
就是讓培尼狄克和碧翠絲彼此生出山一樣高的情意。
撮合計劃被說成一樁苦差，又用「山一樣高的情意」收尾，誇張得可愛。
bring A and B into a mountain of affection
形容感情濃到誇張、或調侃撮合某人時用；認真談感情別這麼誇張。
grow a mountain of affection ／ fall deeply for each other
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mountain of affection 三個詞放慢，the one with the other 輕帶。
Their friends tried to bring them into a mountain of affection. 朋友們想撮合他們，弄出山一樣深的感情來。
下一章 · 10make an oyster of someone把某人變成牡蠣這場戲：嘲笑戀愛卻躲起來偷聽Heigh-ho 是嘆氣聲，整句是「唉，給我個丈夫吧」，是單身的人半開玩笑的自嘲。碧翠絲說人人都成雙，只剩自己，只好坐角落裡這麼喊。
字面是「一座感情的山」，形容愛意深得像山一樣。唐彼得說要撮合碧翠絲和培尼狄克，讓兩人生出山一樣高的情意，就是這麼用的。
keep on the windy side of care。windy side 是「背風的一側」，care 指煩惱。整句是「待在風浪夠不著的地方」，也就是躲開煩心事、不上愁。
Your grace is too costly to wear every day，表面說王子的衣服太貴，天天穿不起，其實是用「穿戴」打比方，體面地拒絕他的求婚，既禮貌又好笑。
字面是「出生在快活的時辰」，等於夸人天生愛笑、天性樂觀。唐彼得用它誇碧翠絲，她就順口接一句有顆星星在跳舞，她就在那星底下出生。
