这场戏：丧礼后为棺材吵翻
第 7 章 · 共 16 章 · 3'32"
葬礼刚过，女儿一句 Why did you get such a cheap casket?（你怎么买了这么便宜的棺材？）把父亲问住。她再问 Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?（你就不能为她舍得花一次钱吗？），父亲却搬出房车反呛「这事你可不能 call me to task（抓住不放来追究）」。想学吵架时怎么用英语「追责又翻旧账」，这段火力最足。
「就不能为她舍得花钱」是 splurge on
have it your way 随你便、按你说的来a pine box 松木薄棺、廉价棺木waited on you hand and foot 伺候得无微不至splurged on her 为她奢侈一次
「这事你可不能追究我」是 call me to task
was willing to 愿意、肯（去做）go as far as 顶多接受到……the whole shebang 整套、全套东西call me to task 抓住把柄来追究
母亲的葬礼刚结束，一家人还在饭桌旁。沃伦先赌气地丢下一句 Okay, have it your way. You know best, you and your mother.（行，随你吧，你和你妈都最懂），紧接着珍妮就问：Why did you get such a cheap casket?（你怎么买了这么便宜的棺材？）。沃伦辩解自己特意没挑最便宜的；珍妮不依不饶，说 She waited on you hand and foot.（她伺候你伺候得无微不至），Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?（就不能为她舍得花一次钱吗？）。沃伦搬出房车反击，说那是你妈要的 the whole shebang（全套顶配），这你可不能 call me to task（抓住这点来追究）。吵完，兰德尔夫妇赶回丹佛的飞机，临走推荐了一本书，一家人用 So long（再见）匆匆道别。
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“She waited on you hand and foot.”
她可是把你伺候得无微不至。
一个伺候人的老话，把几十年的付出压成七个词，问得越轻，越扎人。
wait on someone hand and foot
替谁鸣不平时用，带点数落的味道，正式场合和长辈面前少说。
she did everything for you ／ she looked after your every need
口语
hand and foot 连读，重音落在 waited 和 foot。
He waited on her hand and foot for years. 这些年他把妻子伺候得无微不至。
“Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?”
你就不能为她奢侈一回吗？
用 couldn't you have 加 just once，把指责裹进反问，比直接骂更利。
Couldn't you have ...?
事后对亲近的人追责时用，语气锋利，别对长辈或同事开口。
you couldn't spend a little more? ／ couldn't you have treated her once?
中性
Couldn't you 连读，just once 一词一顿。
Couldn't you have called her just once before she left? 她走之前，你就不能打个电话吗？
“No, no, no. You can't call me to task on that one.”
不不不，那件事你不能拿来追究我。
call someone to task 是抓起错来追问，沃伦用否定挡回去，硬气里全是心虚。
call someone to task
被人抓住把柄、你想反驳时用，偏正式，家里吵架说会显得端着。
you can't hold that against me ／ don't put that on me
正式
call me 连读，to task 重读收尾。
You can't call me to task for a choice she made. 她自己做的选择，你不能拿这个来怪我。
“Okay, have it your way. You know best, you and your mother.”
行，随你。你最懂了，你和你妈都最懂。
表面让步，末句点名把人一起阴阳进去，是冷战式认输。
Have it your way.
争执里不想再吵又咽不下气时用；对陌生人或职场同事说会显得幼稚，别用。
Fine, do whatever you want. ／ You know everything, don't you?
口语
have it your way 语速快，You know best 拖长，尾句压低带刺。
Okay, have it your way. You know best, you and the designer. 行，随你，你最懂，你和设计师都最懂。
下一章 · 08make the best of尽量过好这场戏：给恩杜古写信报丧「为某人舍得花一次大钱」。珍妮问父亲 Couldn't you have splurged on her just once?，就是怪他连给妈妈买口好棺材都舍不得。
have it your way。沃伦说 Okay, have it your way，表面让步，其实带着赌气，下一句 You know best 更是阴阳怪气。
不是。它是「抓住某人的错处来追究」。沃伦说 You can't call me to task on that one，等于「这笔账你算不到我头上」。
字面是「松木箱子」，也用来指最廉价、最寒酸的棺材。珍妮用 a pine box 讽刺父亲舍不得花钱。
「整套、全套东西」。沃伦说妻子非要 the whole shebang，指房车要买最高配那款，什么都不能少。
