steams my clams把我氣得夠嗆

把事實寫成會撲上來咬人的活物，誇張到近乎荒誕，卻把「不肯面對現實」罵得入骨。

You wouldn't know something if it jumped up and bit you.

諷刺某人死活不肯承認擺在眼前的事即時用，語氣很衝。

You would miss the truth if it slapped you. ／ You cannot see what is right in front of you.

口語

jumped up 連讀，bit you in the butt 一連串帶過，句尾下沉。

You couldn't spot the truth if it bit you in the face. 事實就算咬到你臉上，你也認不出來。

You'd miss the plain truth even if it slapped you. 明擺著的事實，就算扇你一巴掌你也看不見。

把客套的迴避一句戳破：不是委婉，是睜眼說瞎話。三個短句連著來，直率到近乎粗魯，反而痛快。

What's wrong with you? ... Open your damn eyes.

別人說了明顯不實的話、你要戳破時用，直接、不客氣；對需要留情面的人別用。

What's the matter with you? Look at the facts. ／ Open your eyes and face it.

口語

What's wrong with you 連讀，Open your damn eyes 逐詞重讀收尾。

Stop pretending. Look at the facts in front of you. 別裝了，看看眼前的事實。

沒有抱怨也沒有鋪墊，一句認命，把走投無路時的決定說得又平又重，任何場合都站得住。

We don't have any other choice.

不得不接受某個不理想的方案時用，語氣平實。

There is no other way. ／ This is our only option.

中性

don't have 連讀，any other choice 放慢，句尾平穩。

We've got no other option left. 我們已經沒有別的選擇了。

一句開場就把矛頭對準整個權力圈，不用髒字也夠嗆，像民間對廟堂的總結陳詞。

That's the trouble with you ... in ...

對方一群人有一種通病、你想當面點破時用，熟人之間很痛快；用在初次見面或正式會談裡會顯得指責過頭，要收著說。

That is what is wrong with you folks in the capital. ／ There is the problem with your whole crowd in Washington.

口語

You know 輕輕帶過，that's the trouble 加快，you boys in Washington 放慢收尾。

You know, that's the trouble with you folks in head office. 你知道，你們總部的毛病就在這兒。