feet on the ground脚踏实地

两个 whose 并排，把现实与浪漫的分工一句说透。

I am the one whose ..., whose ...

自嘲或强调自己是务实的一方时用；对上司摆这句会显得顶撞。

I'm the one who keeps this household running. ／ Somebody has to keep an eye on the bills.

中性

两个 whose 要平行，checkbook 上重音，句尾压低。

I am the one whose feet are on the ground when plans get wild. 计划一离谱，我才是那个脚踏实地的人。

一句虚拟语气就把当年的旧账翻出来，讥讽得干净利落。

As if ... were still ...

讥讽对方还停留在老一套时用；对不熟的人说会显得刻薄。

As if the class were still going on. ／ You talk like the lecture never ended.

口语

as if 轻带，stupid 重读，were 用弱读，语调下压。

As if that meeting were still in session, he keeps quoting the old rules. 好像那场会还没散似的，他张口就是老一套。

先下命令再补身份，短句里全是当家做主的底气。

Do it. That's the ... I'm making.

当众拍板、替对方定主意时用；商量场合别用这种语气。

Work with him. That's my call. ／ Team up with him. I've made up my mind.

中性

Collaborate with 连读，Sidney 单独点出，语气不容反驳。

Take the lead. That's the suggestion I'm making, and I mean it. 你来牵头。这就是我的建议，我是认真的。

把「第一读者」当成身份来守，客气话底下全是占有欲和防备。

This is X's first ..., and I am its first ...

委婉宣示自己对某物有优先权时用；对同事别这么说会显得小心眼。

It is his first play and I am the first to read it. ／ I was the one who read it before anyone else.

中性

Darling 轻起，first play 与 first reader 两处 first 重读，形成对照。

This is her first album and I am its first listener. 这是她的第一张专辑，我是第一个听的人。

用学生时代的怕，比喻眼前的审问，把紧张说成了自嘲的笑话。

I've been summoned to the principal's office.

形容被叫去挨训、气氛紧张时能用；对领导别真拿这话打趣。

It feels like I have been called to the headmaster's office. ／ I have been sent to the principal's office.

口语

I've been 连读，summoned 重读，principal's office 一气呵成，语气装无辜。

I've been summoned to the principal's office, metaphorically speaking. 我这等于被叫到校长办公室训话，只是个比方。