這場戲：姑媽家藏錢被看穿
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喬丹飛到倫敦見艾瑪姑媽，想把錢藏到她名下。姑媽一眼看穿他，說 It's chilly, darling, and you're sweating bullets.（天這麼冷，你卻汗流浹背）；喬丹索性坦白，說 I've bitten off more than I can chew, you know.（我攬下的活超出了自己的能力）。想學怎麼坦白狀態、和長輩周旋，這段又親密又好笑。
sweating bullets 就是「緊張得直冒汗」
sweating bullets 緊張得直冒汗get the best of you 把某人拖下水
喬丹飛到倫敦，想把一大筆錢掛到艾瑪姑媽名下。姑媽早知道他的狀態，見他大冷天 It's chilly, darling, and you're sweating bullets.（天這麼冷，你卻汗流浹背），又念他 Sometimes I wonder if you let money get the best of you（怕錢把他拖下水），還拿 risk（風險）調侃；喬丹索性坦白自己是 drug addict（癮君子），又說 I've bitten off more than I can chew, you know.（攬下的活超出了自己的能力）。後來為了搬錢，他找來有歐洲護照的毒販布拉德夫婦，用瑞士身份分批轉移。想學坦白、自嘲和跟長輩周旋的說法，這一章很有一套。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“Money talks and bullshit takes the bus.”
有錢能使鬼推磨，沒錢的只能擠公交。
對仗粗鄙又精準，一句話把整段英國行的心思說透。
Money talks and ...
看透錢起決定作用時用；正經談判裡說這句會顯得油。
Money talks, everyone else waits. ／ Cash speaks and everything else walks.
口語
Money talks 重讀，bullshit 後略停，bus 收得乾脆。
Money talks, so the loudest bidder wins again. 錢說了算，所以又是出價最狠的那個贏。
“I've bitten off more than I can chew, you know.”
我攬下的活兒超出了自己的能力，你知道的。
用吃東西的比喻承認撐不住，比直接喊累更像人話。
bite off more than you can chew
承認自己承擔過多時用；對上司說這句像在推責，要謹慎。
I've taken on too much this time. ／ I've overcommitted and I know it.
口語
bitten off 連讀，more than I can chew 一氣呵成。
I bit off more than I could chew with three projects. 同時接三個專案，我這是攬過頭了。
“Risk is what keeps us young, isn't it, darling?”
風險才讓人保持年輕，你說是吧，親愛的？
把鋌而走險說成保養秘訣，反問一收，既是勾引也是挑釁。
... is what keeps us ...
給冒險找理由時用；對剛認識的人這麼親暱會顯得越界。
Danger is what keeps me going. ／ A little risk is what makes life fun.
口語
Risk 重讀，is what 輕帶，isn't it 尾音上揚。
Travel is what keeps us curious, isn't it? 旅行才讓人保持好奇，難道不是嗎？
“It's chilly, darling, and you're sweating bullets.”
天這麼冷，親愛的，你卻緊張得直冒汗。
把天氣的冷和 sweat bullets 的懼熱一對比，一句就點破對方心虛，是老練長輩看穿人的寫法。
sweat bullets
形容某人極度緊張、嚇得冒冷汗時用；口語常見，正式寫作裡換成 be extremely nervous。
You're sweating bullets in this cold. ／ You're nervous enough to sweat through anything.
中性
It's chilly 輕帶，darling 一頓，sweating bullets 兩詞都重讀。
It's freezing in here and you're sweating bullets about the review. 這屋裡冷得很，你卻為評審緊張得直冒汗。
“Sometimes I wonder if you let money get the best of you, my love.”
有時候我在想，你是不是讓錢把你給毀了，親愛的。
let X get the best of you 把「被某樣東西反噬、牽著走」說得溫和又精準，長輩式關心全在裡頭。
let X get the best of you
提醒別人別被情緒、金錢或壓力牽著走時用；語氣溫和，適合關心親近的人。
Don't let money get the best of you. ／ Money seems to have gotten the best of you.
中性
Sometimes I wonder 平推，let money get the best of you 連貫，my love 輕聲收尾。
Don't let the pressure get the best of you this month. 這個月別讓壓力把你壓垮了。
下一章 · 21give me a pass放我一馬這場戲：為公文包在停車場動手意思是「緊張得直冒汗」，形容極度緊張、心虛。It's chilly, darling, and you're sweating bullets. 就是「天這麼冷，你卻緊張得直冒汗」。
Money talks，字面是「錢會說話」，意思是有錢就能搞定一切。它在口語裡常用來感嘆：有錢人想要什麼就能得到什麼。
bite off more than one can chew。I've bitten off more than I can chew. 就是「我攬下的活超出了自己的能力」，承認心有餘而力不足。
hit on someone。Is she hitting on me? 就是「她是在勾搭我嗎？」口語裡說某人主動示好、想撩你，就用 hit on。
at stake。Tens of millions of dollars at stake. 就是「幾千萬美元懸在頭上」，說成敗、損失都押在某事上。
