instead of a heart, a handbag不是心，是個包

一句關於人心的冷靜觀察：大多數人都停在表面，懶得往裡看。它不指責誰，卻把人與人之間最深的隔膜點破，放在任何談論誤解、談論認識一個人的場合都立得住。

People seldom go to the trouble of ... to find ...

感慨人心難懂、關係停留在表面時用，語氣要平靜，適合獨白或深談，不適合用來指責在場的某個人。

Most people never bother to look past the surface. ／ Few of us take the time to see what is really there.

literary

seldom 稍重，scratching the surface 連讀，inner truth 放慢收尾。

People seldom take the trouble to ask what someone actually means. 人們很少費心去問一個人真正想說什麼。

先給一分肯定，再補一記批評，把「有才有心卻不肯露出來」說得精準。它既是數落，也暗含惋惜，用在評價一個嘴硬心軟的人身上格外貼切。

You may have ..., but you certainly ...

先肯定再轉折地批評某人的做派時用，語氣剋制而帶刺，適合熟人之間，別對剛認識的人說。

You may feel a lot, but you never let anyone see it. ／ There may be warmth in you, but you keep it well buried.

中性

may 輕讀，but 前稍頓，certainly 加重，hide them 收得乾脆。

You may have good reasons, but you certainly keep them to yourself. 你的理由也許站得住，可你就是不肯說出來。

一句不動聲色的反擊：不解釋、不辯白，只提醒對方你遠沒有看透我。它保留了自己的餘地，也在氣場上壓回一頭，是嘴仗裡最好用的一句存糧。

There are many things you don't know about me.

被人看輕或自作聰明地評判時用，語氣平靜而篤定，對熟人和半熟的人都能說，別配冷笑太用力。

You have no idea what I am really like. ／ There is a lot about me you have never seen.

口語

many things 稍重，you don't know 連讀，about me 放輕收尾。

There are many things you do not know about this town. 這座鎮子的事，你不知道的多著呢。

她把對方剛說的「沒人肯費心看內裡」原樣扣回對方身上：不是我不看，是看了也知道里面是什麼。一句話既接住了上一回合，又完成了反擊，是鬥嘴裡最省力的一招。

I wouldn't care to ... because I know exactly what I'd find.

被人說教、想一針見血地頂回去時用，語氣要冷而穩，對熟人鬥嘴可以，別對真正要合作的人說。

I would not bother looking; I know what is there. ／ No need to dig; I already know what I would find.

口語

wouldn't care to 連讀，scratch your surface 稍慢，exactly 加重。

I would not care to open that drawer; I know exactly what is inside. 我才不想開啟那個抽屜，裡面是什麼我一清二楚。