love at first sight一見鍾情

把恐懼說成一個小偷，偷的不是未來，而是此刻的幸福。用 steal the joy 這種具體動詞講一個抽象道理，一句就讓人明白害怕失去本身就是損失。

It steals the joy of having them today.

提醒別人別讓擔憂毀掉當下時用，適合談心或寫作；日常寒暄裡說會顯得太沉重。

Fear of losing them robs you of today. ／ Worry takes the joy right out of the present.

literary

Being afraid to lose 平穩，it steals 加重，the joy of having them today 放慢收尾。

Worry steals the joy of the good years. 擔憂會偷走好年頭的快樂。

Fear steals the joy of what is already here. 恐懼會偷走眼前已有的快樂。

把一段關係裡最難做到的兩件事並排放：愛，以及始終在場。它不誇口，也不用修辭，樸素到像誓言，反而最經得起時間。

We love each other and have always been there for each other.

描述長久而可靠的親情或友請時用，適合真誠的表達；刻意拿來炫耀會顯得做作。

We love each other and we never left. ／ Through everything, we stayed.

中性

we love each other 平穩，and have always 稍快，been there for each other 放慢收尾。

We fight, but we love each other and show up for each other. 我們吵歸吵，但彼此相愛，也總會到場。

We have always been there for each other. 我們一直守在對方身邊。

把一段婚姻收進一個玩笑：terrible poetry 順手給前妻定了罪。from what I hear 又裝出一副只是聽說的樣子，刻薄被禮貌包著，殺傷力反而更大。

To a woman who ran off to somewhere to do something, from what I hear.

半開玩笑地提別人的舊事、又留出餘地時用，適合熟人；對當事人或正式場合說會失禮。

He married someone who left to paint in the south, or so I hear. ／ She took off to write, apparently.

口語

To a woman who ran off 輕帶，to Paris to write terrible poetry 稍重，from what I hear 放輕收尾。

He dated an actress who moved away to paint, from what I hear. 據說他和一個搬走畫畫的女演員交往過。

She left to start a band in another city, apparently. 聽說她跑去另一個城市組樂隊了。

把漫長的心動壓縮成一個老套卻好用的詞，問得直接又不失溫柔。它給害羞的人一個臺階，也給聽的人一個坦白的機會。

It was love at first sight then?

追問別人感情的開端、又不想太冒犯時用，適合熟人閒聊；對剛認識的人問會越界。

So it was love at first sight? ／ You fell for her the moment you saw her?

中性

It was 輕帶，love at first sight 稍重，then 上揚收尾。

So for you two it was love at first sight? 那你們倆是一見鍾情？

It was love at first sight with the house? 你是一眼就相中這房子了？