a doozy of a day夠嗆的一天

一句話點出全片主題：真相不重要，別人怎麼看才要命。

It doesn't matter .... What matters is ....

分清「事實」和「觀感」、解釋為什麼輿論壓過真相時用。

The facts are not the point; the impression is. ／ It's not what you did, it's what it looks like.

中性

doesn't matter 輕讀，What matters is 重讀，對比才出來。

It doesn't matter what you meant. What matters is how it looked. 你本意是什麼不重要，重要的是別人看到的樣子。

用一套荒唐邏輯自我安慰，黑色幽默一下子拉滿。

It's good that ... if ..., they'd ...

用自嘲的推理給自己壯膽、把壞事說得沒那麼糟時用。

Lucky we don't know, or we'd be targets too. ／ Good thing we're clueless, then.

口語

you and I 連讀，if we knew 後略停，they'd 輕帶過。

It's good we don't know the deadline, or we'd panic. 幸好我們不知道截止日期，不然早慌了。

用最土的問好報最離譜的警，doozy of a day 成了全片名場面。

We've had a doozy of a day.

形容一天糟得離譜、半開玩笑地抱怨時用；對上司別太隨便。

We've had quite a day. ／ Today has been one for the books.

口語

hidey-ho 輕快上揚，doozy of a day 放慢拖出喜感。

We've had a doozy of a day at the office. 我們辦公室今天可真夠嗆。

把最血腥的場面說得像家常，荒誕和好笑全在這一句裡。

came running out of nowhere and ...

誇張地複述一件離譜的意外時用；細節太血腥，看場合講。

He appeared out of nowhere and did it to himself. ／ One of them ran straight into it, no warning.

口語

out of nowhere 連讀，speared himself 後稍頓再收 died。

A dog came running out of nowhere and knocked me over. 一隻狗不知從哪兒衝出來，把我撞倒了。

hucked himself right into 三個動作詞把意外說得又快又猛。

huck yourself into something

形容誰猛地撲向或撞進某處時用；huck 很口語，正式文裡不用。

He threw himself straight into it. ／ He launched himself right into the machine.

口語

hucked himself 連讀，right into 重音落在 right。

He hucked himself into the pool with a shout. 他大喊一聲就一頭扎進了泳池。

一句冷嘲把戴爾天真的說辭戳破，也立住了兩人的性格差。

You would have to be a moron to ...

吐槽某個主意蠢得離譜時用；罵得直白，熟人之間才這麼說。

Nobody in their right mind would buy that. ／ Only an idiot would fall for that.

口語

would have to 弱讀，moron 重讀，句尾 believe that 放低。

You would have to be a moron to believe his excuse. 只有傻子才會信他的藉口。