这场戏：夜谈婚姻动杀机
第 7 章 · 共 21 章 · 4'03"
菲莉丝在内夫公寓里吐苦水：丈夫刻薄、保险全给女儿，一句 No. And nothing is just what I'm worth to him.（我在他眼里没分量）。她又提到车库不关发动机的念头，内夫泼冷水：They'll hang you just as sure as ten dimes will buy a dollar.（一定会被送上绞架）。想学怎么用英文劝阻歪主意、劝人回头，就学这两句。
❝ 独白 · 8 句 护士的自述
从想有个家讲到恨意，委屈是一层一层垒起来的。
劝人别动歪念头，一句 haven't got a prayer（一点指望都没有）
get ideas 动起歪念头more tricks than a carload of monkeys 花招多得数不清mixed up in it 牵扯进去haven't got a prayer 一点指望都没有
菲莉丝来到内夫的公寓，两人亲热过后她开始讲自己的事：丈夫迪特里奇森有钱时她嫁了他，她原本是他前妻的护士，如今他刻薄、控制她，连人寿保险也全归女儿洛拉。她说自己 sometimes you wish he was dead（有时盼他死），又讲起那天在车库里没关发动机的念头。内夫是保险员，接连讲了两桩骗保失败的案子，还警告她：只要有保险公司掺和，you haven't got a prayer（一点指望都没有），They'll hang you just as sure as ten dimes will buy a dollar（一定会被送上绞架）。想练怎么复述经历、怎么用英文下狠话劝阻，这些说法都很实用。
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“No. And nothing is just what I'm worth to him.”
没有。而一无所有，正是我在他眼里的分量。
把自己的价值说成一个零，冷到不需要哭。
X is just what I'm worth to him
对伤害自己的人总结处境时能用，冷静里带一点自嘲。
nothing is all I'm worth to him ／ that's exactly what I count for
中性
nothing is 连读，worth to him 放慢压低。
No raise again. And nothing is just what my work is worth here. 又没加薪。而一无所有，正是我在这儿的分量。
“They'll hang you just as sure as ten dimes will buy a dollar.”
他们一定会把你送上绞架，就像十枚一毛钱准能换一块钱一样。
用最俗的算术打最狠的保票，俚语里透着老江湖的底气。
as sure as X will Y
劝人别冒险时能用，拿一件十拿九稳的小事来担保后果。
as sure as the sun comes up ／ just as sure as night follows day
口语
as sure as 连读，ten dimes 重音在前。
It'll backfire, as sure as ten dimes buy a dollar. 这事准要翻车，就跟十枚一毛换一块钱一样准。
“So you lie awake in the dark and listen to him snore and get ideas.”
于是你躺在黑地里睡不着，听着他打呼噜，动起了念头。
把杀意拆成躺、听、动念三步，平静得让人后背发凉。
lie awake and listen to someone and get ideas
描述整夜睡不着的处境能用，先写动作，最后才点出念头。
lie awake listening and start to wonder ／ stare at the ceiling and get ideas
中性
lie awake 连读，get ideas 轻轻收住。
You lie awake in the dark and listen to your own doubts and get ideas. 你躺在黑地里睡不着，听着自己的疑心，动起了念头。
“They know more tricks than a carload of monkeys.”
他们玩的花招比一整车猴子还多。
拿猴子比保险公司，把对方手段多、不好惹说得又土又狠，劝退味儿十足。
know more tricks than a carload of ...
警告对方斗不过某类老手时用，朋友间打趣可以，正式谈判或安慰人时别拿这种比喻。
They're smarter than a barrel of monkeys. ／ They've got more tricks than a circus.
口语
more tricks 连读，a carload of 轻快带过，monkeys 重读。
Those agents know more tricks than a carload of monkeys; don't sign fast. 那些中介的花招比一整车猴子还多，别急着签。
Yes, he had. And I wanted a home. Why not? But that's not the only reason. I was his wife's nurse. She was sick a long time. When she died, he was terribly broken up. I pitied him so. And now you hate him. Yes, Walter. He's so mean to me. Every time I buy a dress or a pair of shoes he yells his head off. He never lets me go anywhere. He keeps me shut up. He's always been mean to me.
对，那时候有。我想要个家。怎么不行？ 可这不只是原因。我是他妻子的护士。 她病了很长时间。她死的时候，他伤心透了。 我那时候特别可怜他。现在你恨他。 是的，沃尔特。他对我太刻薄了。 我每回买条裙子、买双鞋，他就大吼大叫。 他哪儿都不让我去。把我关在家里。 他一直对我很刻薄。
下一章 · 08crook the house在赌场做手脚这场戏：用赌场比喻定下杀局不是「有想法」，而是「动起歪念头、起歹心」。内夫说 So you lie awake in the dark and listen to him snore and get ideas.，就是「你半夜听着他打呼，就动起了歪念头」。
haven't got a prayer。prayer 原意是祈祷，这里指「一点机会都没有」。内夫说 you haven't got a prayer.，意思是别指望能瞒过保险公司。
字面是「把脑袋都吼掉了」，就是「扯着嗓子大吼」。菲莉丝说丈夫每回她买裙子鞋子就 yells his head off，形容他发火的样子。
slip on 是「脚下一滑踩到某物」，重点在滑倒的原因；fall 只说「摔了」。内夫讲有人 slipped on a cake of soap in his bathtub...，就是踩着肥皂滑倒。
是褒义，表示「很看重、评价很高」。菲莉丝抱怨 He thinks a lot more of her than he does of me.，就是「他看重她比看重我多得多」。
