这场戏：自嘲单身后撮合冤家
第 9 章 · 共 24 章 · 3'22"
舞会散后，唐彼得夸碧翠丝天生快活，她却自嘲人人成双，只剩自己，只能喊 Heigh-ho for a husband（唉，给我个丈夫吧）。王子说替她找一个，她回一句 Your grace is too costly to wear every day（太贵重，日常穿戴不起）。最后王子定计，要把她和培尼狄克撮合出 a mountain of affection（山一样深的感情）。
她「躲开烦恼」是 keep on the windy side of care，又喊 Heigh-ho for a husband（给我个丈夫吧）
a merry heart 天性快活、心宽the windy side of care 烦心事够不着的那一侧everyone to the world but I 人人都如此，就我例外
「唉，给我个丈夫吧」是 Heigh-ho for a husband，她用「穿戴不起」婉拒王子
Heigh-ho for a husband 唉，给我个丈夫吧your father's getting 你父亲造出来的too costly to wear 太贵重，不舍得常用
舞会散后，众人拿碧翠丝的婚事打趣。唐彼得夸她天生一颗快活的心，Poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care（总待在烦心事的上风处）。可她转眼自嘲：人人成双成对，只剩自己还晒得黑黑的，只能坐在角落喊 Heigh-ho for a husband（唉，给我个丈夫吧）。王子说替她找一个，她回敬 Your grace is too costly to wear every day（殿下太贵重，日常穿戴不起）。有人夸她性子快活，说她 born in a merry hour（出生在快活的时辰），她打趣说有颗星星在跳舞，她就在那颗星底下出生。唐彼得顺势定计，要撮合她和培尼狄克，让两人生出 a mountain of affection（山一样深的感情）。想学自嘲单身、拒绝又不失体面，这几句最好用。
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“Poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care.”
这傻心眼儿，好在总待在烦心事的上风处。
把心说成一个躲开烦恼的小傻瓜，用航海词儿写出乐天，机灵又可爱。
keep on the windy side of something
说某人始终躲开麻烦、乐呵呵时用；带玩笑口气，别用来谈正经风险。
She stays on the safe side of trouble. ／ He keeps clear of worry.
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windy side of 连读，care 收得轻。
She keeps on the windy side of care and never complains. 她总躲在烦心事的上风处，从没抱怨过。
“Thus goes everyone to the world but I, and I am sunburnt.”
人人都这样成双成对，就剩我一个，还晒得黑乎乎的。
用一句自嘲把落单说得又好笑又可怜，sunburnt 一词尤其出彩。
Thus goes everyone but me.
自嘲落单、被剩在一旁时用；朋友间玩笑可以，认真抱怨略显做作。
Everyone pairs off except me. ／ I am the only one left out.
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Thus goes 连读，sunburnt 重音在后一音节。
Everyone here is married but me, and I am sunburnt too. 这儿除了我，人人都结了婚，我还晒得黑乎乎的。
“I may sit in a corner and cry, "Heigh-ho for a husband!"”
我只好坐在角落里喊：「唉，给我个丈夫吧！」
把待嫁的无奈编成一句顺口的叹词，自怜里带着俏皮，非常好记。
cry "Heigh-ho for a husband!"
自嘲想找对象时用；熟人聚会里说很有梗，正式场合别用。
Sighing for a husband in a corner. ／ Wishing someone would come along.
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Heigh-ho 前重后轻，for a husband 连读上扬。
Every wedding makes me cry heigh-ho for a husband. 每参加一场婚礼，我就忍不住叹一句：给我个丈夫吧。
“Your grace is too costly to wear every day.”
殿下这身太贵重，天天穿戴不起。
拿「穿不起」来婉拒求婚，把拒绝说得又俏皮又体面，是绝妙的挡箭牌。
be too costly to do something
半开玩笑地婉拒别人好意时用；对方若当真，会听不出这是拒绝。
You are too fine for everyday use. ／ That is far too good for daily wear.
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too costly to 连读，every day 轻轻收尾。
This watch is too costly to wear on a building site. 这块表太贵重了，工地可戴不得。
“which is to bring Benedick and Beatrice into a mountain of affection, the one with the other.”
就是让培尼狄克和碧翠丝彼此生出山一样高的情意。
撮合计划被说成一桩苦差，又用「山一样高的情意」收尾，夸张得可爱。
bring A and B into a mountain of affection
形容感情浓到夸张、或调侃撮合某人时用；认真谈感情别这么夸张。
grow a mountain of affection ／ fall deeply for each other
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mountain of affection 三个词放慢，the one with the other 轻带。
Their friends tried to bring them into a mountain of affection. 朋友们想撮合他们，弄出山一样深的感情来。
下一章 · 10make an oyster of someone把某人变成牡蛎这场戏：嘲笑恋爱却躲起来偷听Heigh-ho 是叹气声，整句是「唉，给我个丈夫吧」，是单身的人半开玩笑的自嘲。碧翠丝说人人都成双，只剩自己，只好坐角落里这么喊。
字面是「一座感情的山」，形容爱意深得像山一样。唐彼得说要撮合碧翠丝和培尼狄克，让两人生出山一样高的情意，就是这么用的。
keep on the windy side of care。windy side 是「背风的一侧」，care 指烦恼。整句是「待在风浪够不着的地方」，也就是躲开烦心事、不上愁。
Your grace is too costly to wear every day，表面说王子的衣服太贵，天天穿不起，其实是用「穿戴」打比方，体面地拒绝他的求婚，既礼貌又好笑。
字面是「出生在快活的时辰」，等于夸人天生爱笑、天性乐观。唐彼得用它夸碧翠丝，她就顺口接一句有颗星星在跳舞，她就在那星底下出生。
