这场戏：下地狱找魔鬼要人
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哈里下到地狱，想把自己的女人费伊带回去，魔鬼却笑着说自己法力更强——因为他是个更大的罪人。他还自曝睡过一对双胞胎姐妹，末了劝哈里认命：You're up, you're down, but in the end, the house always wins（有赢有输，但庄家总是赢）。想学「炫耀、认命、狂妄」这类高阶表达，很值得听。
❝ 独白 · 14 句 哈里在地狱里的罪状独白
一口气数落自己的罪，越说越得意，荒诞里透着自我审判。
劝哈里认命：the house always wins（庄家总是赢）
turned on by 被……勾起兴趣或欲望back off 退让、收敛the house always wins 庄家总是赢、规则才是赢家
哈里闯进地狱，要带走费伊，魔鬼却告诉他，自己法力更强，因为他是「更大的罪人」：他不信上帝天堂，只信夸克、粒子和黑洞，还自曝背叛过每一任妻子、跟妓女睡觉、酗酒嗑药、撒谎虚荣、动不动就动粗，甚至差点开车撞死一个书评人。他炫耀睡过一对双胞胎姐妹，又夸口在这里当自己的老板胜过在天堂当仆从；临走还劝哈里，赌局里有赢有输，但 the house always wins（庄家总是赢）。哈里一出来就被警察拦住，罪名是绑架亲生儿子希利，他喊冤说自己怎么可能绑架自己的儿子。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“I'm more powerful than you because I'm a bigger sinner.”
我比你强，因为我的罪比你更大。
一句话颠覆善恶逻辑，把「罪」说成权力的来源。
I'm more ... than you because I'm a bigger ...
半带戏谑地宣称自己更狠更强时用，玩笑场合可以，正式场合别用。
I outrank you because I've sinned more. ／ My advantage is that I'm worse than you.
口语
more powerful 连读，bigger sinner 重读突出对比。
I'm the better villain because I've broken more rules. 我是更厉害的反派，因为我破的规矩更多。
“Better to rule down here than to serve in heaven, right?”
在这里当统治者，胜过在天堂里当仆从，对吧？
化用弥尔顿的名句，把堕落说成一种清醒的选择。
Better to rule ... than to serve ...
权衡自由与从属时用，带典故，适合讨论或戏言。
Better to be my own boss than someone's servant. ／ I'd rather reign in hell than serve in heaven.
literary
rule down here 与 serve in heaven 对仗，两处放慢。
Better to run a tiny studio than to serve in a giant firm. 自己经营一个小工作室，好过在大公司里当牛做马。
“You're up, you're down, but in the end, the house always wins.”
你有赢有输，但到头来，庄家总是赢。
用赌场规则讲人生走势，冷酷得让人无处反驳。
You're up, you're down, but in the end, ... always wins.
劝人看开起伏时用，语气认命，安慰或泼冷水都行。
You can win streaks, but the odds still win. ／ Luck turns, but the house never loses.
口语
up/down 重读对举，in the end 后稍作停顿。
You can beat the market some months, but in the end the house always wins. 有些月份你能跑赢市场，可到头来庄家总是赢。
“You don't get called for jury duty, but then you have no options.”
死了是不会被叫去当陪审员，可你也再没得选。
先给死亡找一个可笑的好处，再一句话抽掉它，冷得发笑。
You don't get ..., but then you have no ...
用冷幽默说死亡或躺平时能用；对刚失去亲人的人千万别用。
The dead never get summoned, but they can't choose either. ／ No one bothers you when you're gone—and that's the problem.
口语
jury duty 连读，but then 转折上提，no options 放平。
You never get invited anywhere, but then you never have to go. 没人再邀请你，可你也哪儿都不用去了。
I'm more powerful than you because I'm a bigger sinner. Because you're a fallen angel, and I never believed in God or heaven or any of that stuff. I'm strictly, you know, quarks and particles and black hole, you know. All the other stuff is junk to me. And also I do terrible things. I've cheated on all my wives, and none of 'em deserved it. I sleep with whores, I drink too much, I take pills and I lie and I'm vain, I'm cowardly and prone to violence, you know. I once almost ran over a book critic with my car, but swerved at the last second. And I'll tell you something else. I didn't care that it was exploitive. And I'll tell you something else. They were sisters.
我比你强，因为我的罪比你更大。 因为你是堕落天使，而我从不信上帝、天堂那一套。 我只信，你知道，夸克、粒子和黑洞那一套。 其他的对我来说都是垃圾。 而且我也干尽坏事。 我背叛过每一任妻子，她们没一个活该。 我跟妓女睡觉， 我酗酒、嗑药、撒谎、虚荣，还胆小 而且动不动就动粗，你知道。 我有一次差点开车撞死一个书评人，最后一秒打了方向盘。 我再告诉你一件事。 我根本不在乎那是在占人便宜。 我再告诉你一件事。 她们是姐妹俩。
下一章 · 17under my nose眼皮底下这场戏：出狱撞见旧爱嫁人字面是「庄家总是赢」，指赌场里玩得再久，最后赚钱的永远是开赌的那一方。台词里魔鬼用它劝哈里认命：有赢有输，但规则才是最后的赢家。生活里也能用来感叹大势不在自己这边。
说 get away with it。台词里 that you can just abduct her and get away with it? 意思是「就可以把她绑走还逍遥法外？」。别人犯错却没被追究，就能用这个说法。
是 make yourself at home。台词里 Why don't you sit down? Make yourself at home. 就是「何不坐下，就当在自己家」。招呼客人时最常用。
口语里说 in deep shit，语气很粗。台词里 You're in deep shit. 就是「你麻烦大了」。正式场合别用，朋友之间半开玩笑才合适。
说 prone to。台词里 prone to violence 就是「有暴力倾向」。prone to 后面接名词或动名词，说某人容易生病、爱迟到都能用。
