cleave to死死抱住

把責任主動攬到自己身上，一句話聽出他不敢讓犯人死的負罪感。

if he is taken I count myself his ...

想說自己願為對方後果負責時用，語氣很重；閒聊裡別說，容易顯得誇張。

If he dies, I'll carry the blame. ／ I'd hold myself responsible for it.

正式

if he is taken 輕讀，I count myself 放重。

If the deal falls through, I count myself the one who failed the team. 要是這單黃了，我就把自己當成拖累團隊的人。

先警告再給條件，把信仰和流血擺在一起，立場一句到底。

Beware - cleave to no ... when ... brings blood.

提醒別人別把原則做過頭時用；對上級或正式文書裡要謹慎，語氣像訓誡。

Don't hold on to a rule that hurts people. ／ Watch out: no principle is worth blood.

literary

Beware 後停頓，兩個 faith 加重。

Beware, cleave to no deadline when the deadline brings burnout. 當心，別死守截止日期，如果它只會把人累垮。

用強調句把矛頭指向律法本身，而不是聽話的人，辯護很有力。

It is ... that leads you to ...

為某人的兩難開脫時用，把錯推給規則；對當事人說時要看著對方，語氣放軟。

It's the rule that pushes you into this. ／ The system leads you there, not you.

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It is 輕讀，mistaken law 重讀。

It is a broken process that leads you to cut corners. 把你逼到偷工的，是那套壞流程。

拿兩個罪過比輕重，把保命說成更小的事，勸人撒謊卻像開脫。

God damns A less than B.

勸人別為面子硬扛、先保命時用；宗教比喻重，對不信的人別直接引用。

Pride costs more than a white lie. ／ Staying alive beats dying for your ego.

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less than 連讀，for pride 降調收尾。

The doctor damns a scared patient less than one who hides the pain for pride. 醫生更不會怪怕看病的病人，只會怪為面子硬扛的人。

一句自貶把人的尊嚴全交出去，反而顯出他替神說話的絕對。

before the laws of God we are as ...

表達在人、規則面前自認渺小時用，帶自嘲或敬神語氣；吵架時說會顯得極端。

Compared with the rules, we are nothing. ／ Before that law we are just animals.

literary

Woman 後停頓，as swine 重而慢。

Before the tax code we are as swine, so hire an accountant. 在稅法面前咱們跟豬一樣，還是請個會計師吧。

拿畜生都比出人的冷心，誇張裡全是責難。

Even a ... would ... at such ...

責難對方無動於衷時用，誇張但有力；對不熟的人別這樣指責，會傷人。

Even a stone would feel this. ／ Any animal would weep at this.

中性

A very ape 抬調，weep 拉長。

Even a stranger would cry at such news, and you just shrugged. 這種訊息連陌生人都會哭，你卻只是聳聳肩。