in the toilet跌到谷底

用对方的感谢句式原样退回，礼貌外壳下是刀。

Thank you for X, but I don't X you

对方抢先示好而你并不接受时用，对熟人最有力，别在谈判桌上说。

Thanks for the apology, but it isn't accepted. ／ You can forgive me all you like; I'm not there yet.

中性

Thank you 端着说，but 后停顿，don't forgive 逐字加重。

Thank you for covering for me, but I don't forgive the lie. 谢谢你替我遮掩，但那个谎我不原谅。

couldn't see straight 把嫉妒写到失控，坦白得近乎狼狈。

I was so X I couldn't see straight

形容自己被情绪冲昏头时用，对好友坦白最合适，别拿来当借口。

I was so angry I couldn't think straight. ／ Jealousy had me completely blind.

口语

so jealous 拉长，couldn't see straight 连读收快。

I was so tired I couldn't see straight by Friday. 到周五我已经累得眼前发花了。

when really 一翻，把多年误解翻成迟到的心疼。

I thought I X, when really I Y

讲自己后来才看明白的感情时用，对朋友倾诉，别用在辩解里。

I called it hate, when really it was love. ／ I thought I resented him, when really I missed him.

literary

thought 和 hated 轻读，when really 稍停后转柔。

I thought I hated that town, when really I missed it. 我以为我讨厌那座小镇，其实我是想它的。

用“掉进马桶”的粗粝比喻说事业崩盘，比 failure 更口语也更扎心。

My career was in the toilet.

跟老朋友倒苦水、讲事业低谷时用；正式汇报或对客户别说，太随便。

Did you know my career had gone down the drain? ／ My career was in the gutter back then.

口语

Did you know 连读，career was 轻，in the toilet 降调强调。

You had no idea my career was in the toilet last year. 你根本不知道我去年事业烂成什么样。