a few bad apples少數害群之馬

把「鍥而不捨」說得雲淡風輕：被拒絕不算什麼，接著問就是了。它既是酒桌上的玩笑，也是一句通用的堅持哲學，換到推銷、求職、追人都不違和。

The trick is to keep asking.

被人問起成功的訣竅、或想鼓勵對方別放棄時用，語氣輕鬆。

The secret is to never stop asking. ／ You just keep at it.

口語

Well, sure 輕快帶過，the trick is to 稍頓，keep asking 放慢強調 asking。

Sure, I get rejected. The secret is to keep trying. 當然，我也會被拒絕。秘訣就是不斷嘗試。

The trick is to keep practicing, even on bad days. 訣竅就是堅持練，哪怕狀態不好的日子。

用兩個 It's 把動機和身份扣在一起：你做的事，就是你是誰。句式整齊、有迴響，適合用來定義一個人，也適合被寫進臺詞、演講或簽名檔。

It's why you do what you do. It's who you are.

形容一個人出於本心做事、或點出對方的本質時用，語氣鄭重。

It's what makes you who you are. ／ That's not just your job; that's you.

literary

兩個 It's 都輕讀，why you do what you do 連讀，who you are 放慢收尾。

Caring for others is just what you do. It's who you are. 照顧別人就是你會做的事。這就是你的本性。

Teaching isn't just her job; it's who she is. 教書不只是她的工作，那就是她本人。

一句典型的機構式辯護：承認有問題，卻把問題縮成「幾個壞蘋果」，再用「不能因小失大」把追問擋回去。學會它，就聽得出開脫和追責之間的分寸。

We can't throw out all the good over a few bad apples.

替組織或人物辯護、勸對方別因個別問題否定整體時用，語氣剋制。

Don't let a few bad apples define the whole group. ／ The good outweighs a handful of mistakes.

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we can't throw out 連讀，all the good 稍頓，a few bad apples 逐詞放慢。

We can't shut down the whole program over a couple of bad teachers. 我們不能因為兩三個差老師就關掉整個專案。

Don't throw away a great trip because of one bad day. 別因為糟糕的一天就否定整趟旅行。

用「我們」和「他」劃出界限，把排外說得像忠誠。它把歸屬感當武器，既拉攏聽話的人，也順手把外人推出去，是很值得琢磨的一句。

He doesn't care about this place the way we do.

強調本地人、自己人才真心在意時用，語氣帶排他和拉攏。

He'll never love this town like we do. ／ He's just passing through; we live here.

口語

I mean 輕帶，doesn't care about 連讀，the way we do 放慢強調 we。

He doesn't understand this company the way we do. 他不會像我們這樣理解這家公司。

They'll never love this neighborhood like we do. 他們永遠不會像我們這樣熱愛這個街區。