这场戏：家宴上抖出黑暗秘密
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一家人围桌吃饭，有人讲起马克斯的黑暗秘密——杀妻、剁情妇、为藏尸吃掉全家，听得长辈直喊 Oy, my heart（哎，我的心脏）。有人劝 Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie（最好的做法是别翻旧账）。想学餐桌上的惊悚故事和劝架英语，这几个说法很顶用。
❝ 独白 · 33 句 let sleeping dogs lie（别翻旧账）
the capper 最要命的那一下let sleeping dogs lie 别翻旧账hear Max's side 听听马克斯这边的说法the best course of action 最好的做法
一家人围桌吃饭，有人讲起马克斯的黑暗秘密：他跟楼下邻居搞婚外情、债越欠越深，最后杀妻、剁情妇，还说为了藏尸把人都吃了。听到一半，长辈喊 Oy, my heart（哎，我的心脏），有人想息事宁人：Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie（最好的做法是别翻旧账）。哈里却承认，这是他年轻时为父亲写的那个故事，全家当场翻脸，骂他病态、反犹。想学控诉、劝阻、翻旧账的英语，这些表达都是现成的。
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“He's betting everything on physics and pussy!”
他把一切都押在物理和女人上了！
用押头韵的两个词总结一个人，粗俗又精准，还很好笑。
He's betting everything on X and Y.
熟人之间损人时用；正式场合或对当事人说会太粗。
He stakes everything on one thing and one thing only. ／ It all comes down to his work and his women.
口语
physics and 连读，pussy 重读，句尾下沉。
He's betting everything on coffee and luck. 他把一切都押在咖啡和运气上。
“Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie.”
也许最好的做法是别去翻旧账。
在杀人吃人的故事后劝人别翻旧账，荒诞感正是笑点。
Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie.
劝人别追究旧事时用；涉及原则问题时不适用。
Best to leave the past alone. ／ Let us not dig that up again.
中性
course of action 连读，sleeping dogs lie 三词都重读。
Maybe the best course of action is to leave the past alone. 也许最好的做法就是让过去的事过去。
“I think you go around with the insane delusion that people like you.”
我觉得你到处抱着一个荒唐的错觉，以为大家都喜欢你。
把对方的自信诊断为妄想，一句话既刻薄又让人无法反驳。
You go around with the delusion that ...
激烈争吵里挖苦对方时用；对朋友说会很伤人。
You live under the illusion that everyone likes you. ／ You assume people like you, and it is a fantasy.
口语
go around with 连读，insane delusion 两个词都重读。
He goes around with the delusion that everyone agrees with him. 他到处抱着一个错觉，以为人人都赞同他。
“So you've had an affair with one of my patients.”
所以你跟我一个病人上了床。
把最重的指控说得像陈述病历，平静反而更致命。
So you've had an affair with ...
当面揭穿严重的事时用；语气越平越有杀伤力。
So you slept with one of my patients. ／ So that is what you did with my patient.
中性
had an affair 连读，patients 重读，句尾放平。
So you've had an affair with someone from the office. 所以你跟办公室的某个人有染。
He began an affair with the downstairs neighbor... He probably had all his hair then. Meanwhile, he got into debt deeper and deeper and... and carry on with the neighbor. Oy, my heart. My heart. So he can't get himself out of a predicament. So what does he do? You're going to tell me he stole money? I should be so lucky. He killed his wife. No. The man purchased an ax. With an ax? And you know Max. He's nothing with tools. He can't even hang a picture. I'm dropping dead. Plus her children, Elsie. Plus a neighbor. Your Max? And this is not the capper. There's more? More. More. What more? He ate them. What, are you talking crazy? Elsie, he devoured them. I can't breathe. Everything is closing in. Whatever you do, first, hear Max's side. Max has a side? He kills his family and eats them up.
他跟楼下的邻居搞上了…… 那时候他大概还有一头头发。 同时，他债越欠越深，还……还继续跟那个邻居来往。 唉，我的心脏。 我的心脏。 所以他没法从困境里脱身。 那他怎么办？ 你要告诉我他偷钱了吧？ 我哪有那好运气。 他杀了自己的妻子。 不会吧。 那人买了一把斧头。 用斧头？ 你也知道马克斯。 他对工具一窍不通。 他连幅画都挂不好。 我要不行了。 还有她的孩子，埃尔西。 还有一个邻居。 你的马克斯？ 这还不是最要命的。 还有？ 还有。 还有。 还有什么？ 他把他们吃了。 什么，你在胡言乱语吗？ 埃尔西，他把他们吞了。 我喘不上气。 一切都逼过来了。 无论如何，先听听马克斯这边的说法。 马克斯还有说法？ 他杀了全家，还把他们吃了。
下一章 · 13tap-dancing耍花腔这场戏：心理医生怒斥睡了病人字面是「让睡着的狗躺着」。真正的意思是「别去翻旧账、别自找麻烦」，事情已经过去就不要再挑起来。
in order to。有人说 in order to hide the bodies you ate them，就是「为了藏尸，你把它们吃了」。书面、口语都能用。
I should be so lucky。这是句反讽，别人以为你占了便宜，你回一句 I should be so lucky，其实是「我哪有那好运气」。
the opposite of。I think you're the opposite of a paranoid 就是「我觉得你一点都不偏执，正好相反」。
son of a bitch。极度生气时骂人用，很粗，正式场合千万别用，吵架戏里经常听到。
