在一起不合适
I don't like your husband. You're no good together.American Hustle · 2013 — 第 17 / 20 章 · 2'09" · B2
饭桌劝离套出内情：let something die to let something live
饭桌上，一句 I don't like your husband（我不喜欢你丈夫）把话挑明，接着有人用一句 Sometimes you got to let something die to let something live（舍弃旧的才能有新开始）劝人下决心离开。想劝朋友结束一段消耗他的关系，又不想把话说得太重，这两个说法都用得上。
发生了什么
一顿饭上，有人直接说 I don't like your husband（我不喜欢你丈夫），把一场婚姻里的不满摊到桌面上。对方顺势吐槽丈夫：先声明 I don't want to badmouth my husband（我不想说我丈夫的坏话），转头还是一口气说了下去，还提到国税局、广场酒店和给国会送钱。还有一句 Sometimes you got to let something die to let something live（舍弃旧的才能有新开始），听着像人生建议，其实是在推人做决定。朋友感情出问题、同事抱怨伴侣、你想劝人放下旧事时，这些说法都能直接搬去用。
这场戏看什么
- 留意她先拒绝说坏话又立刻开骂
- 注意问 IRS 时语气突然变认真
- 看结尾她听完去迈阿密邀请后的反应
留意这几个短语
let something die to let something livebadmouthfull of shitcarting around
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let something die to let something live
舍弃旧的才能有新开始End one thing so another can grow.
有人拿自己失败的婚姻当例子，用一句 let something die to let something live（舍弃旧的才能有新开始）劝对面的人放下旧关系，语气不急，像在递一个台阶。
Sometimes you have to let something die to let something live—even an old habit.有时候你得让一些东西结束，另一些东西才能开始——哪怕那是一个旧习惯。
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- badmouth
说某人坏话
- full of shit
满嘴胡扯
- carting around
带着某人四处走
- drives him crazy
把某人逼得受不了
- in some sort of bind
陷入麻烦、难以脱身
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珍惜、看重某人
He doesn't appreciate you.起身，准备走人
You got to stand up and you got to leave, you know?got to 快说时挤在一起，重音放到 stand 和 leave。
You got to stand up and you got to leave, you know?自以为什么都懂
He just thinks that he knows everything, and he's so full of shit. He's such a liar.宾语从句：that 引出‘认为’的内容；口语常省略，这里保留使指控更清楚。
He just thinks that he knows everything, and he's so full of shit. He's such a liar.满嘴胡扯——熟人私下发泄，正式场合和长辈面前别用
He just thinks that he knows everything, and he's so full of shit. He's such a liar.正在通电话 这里指正在打电话，不是‘在电话上面’。
I hear him on the phone, arguing.that other 连得快，t 轻滑过去，别逐字断开。
He loves Carmine, but he hates that other guy, that curly-headed IRS guy or whatever,之类的——随口列举用，正式写作少用
He loves Carmine, but he hates that other guy, that curly-headed IRS guy or whatever,定语从句：who 指前一句的 IRS guy，补出他正带着前情妇，让指责跟着人物走。
who's carting around my husband's ex-lover, that redheaded whore.婊子、荡妇——极强侮辱，争吵以外别用
who's carting around my husband's ex-lover, that redheaded whore.在说某事
When you said IRS, what IRS guy? What are you talking about?逼某人做某事 这里不是普通‘让他做’，带被拿捏、被逼的意味。
I think that he's got Irv in some sort of bind or something, and he's making him do all of this stuff.some sort of 压得很轻，bind 才是重音。
I think that he's got Irv in some sort of bind or something, and he's making him do all of this stuff.挥霍钱财 字面是‘把钱扔掉’，这里是乱花、送钱。
like, throwing all of this money away at, like, Congress or whatever.不好意思这样对你
对方刚倒出一堆秘密，说话的人却准备抽身去找她丈夫，于是先用一句 I hate to do this to you（不好意思这样对你）压住尴尬，语气温和但不改决定。
Well, I hate to do this to you.给某人钱去办某事
I'm gonna give you some money for a taxi home.对我来说很难
It's really hard for me.时间状语从句：before 后接一般现在时表将来：‘改变之前先死’，即死也不改。
Sometimes I think that I'll die before I change.跟我一起走
You got to come with me to Miami.重音推到 Miami，come with me 一口气带过。
You got to come with me to Miami.把某人伤得太重 too bad 在这里不是‘太坏’，是‘太过、太重’。
Don't hurt him too bad. He's still Danny's father.看懂「饭桌劝离套出内情」
发音重点
- got to stand up — got to 快说时挤在一起，重音放到 stand 和 leave。
- that other guy — that other 连得快，t 轻滑过去，别逐字断开。
- some sort of — some sort of 压得很轻，bind 才是重音。
- to Miami — 重音推到 Miami，come with me 一口气带过。
Sometimes you got to let something die to let something live.有时候你得让一些东西死去，才能让另一些东西活下来。 用生死对举把‘离开’说成重启，冷静又残酷，适合当告别金句。
You're too beautiful to be unhappy.你这么漂亮，不该不开心。 用‘太…不至于…’的句式把赞美变成劝离，甜里带操控。
I mean, I don't want to badmouth my husband, but just let me badmouth my husband for a second.我是说，我不想说我丈夫坏话，不过就让我说他一会儿坏话吧。 先装客气再自我批准，一句话暴露倾诉欲，幽默又真实。
Sometimes I think that I'll die before I change.有时候我觉得，我到死都不会改变。 用‘死前也不会’说透固执，自嘲里有种疲惫的诚实。
关于这一章的问题
let something die to let something live 是什么意思？
意思是舍弃旧的，才能有新开始。戏里这句紧跟在「你得站起来走人」后面，用来劝人下决心离开一段关系或旧生活。
「说某人坏话」英语怎么说？
用 badmouth。戏里有人说 I don't want to badmouth my husband，就是「我不想说我丈夫的坏话」，后面还是接着吐槽了。
full of shit 在这里是什么意思？
是「满嘴胡扯」的意思，用来骂人说的话不可信。戏里紧接着还有 He's such a liar（他撒谎成性），语气很重。
in some sort of bind 是「陷入麻烦」吗？
是，指陷入麻烦、难以脱身。戏里说 he's got Irv in some sort of bind，意思是觉得艾文遇上麻烦脱不了身，对方还逼他做事。
「把某人逼得受不了」英语怎么说？
说 drives him crazy。戏里有人说这事 drives him crazy，就是「这事把他逼疯了」，日常也能说某人的习惯 drives me crazy。
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