这场戏：毒舌斗嘴后定下亲事
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培尼狄克被碧翠丝当众奚落，转头抱怨 She speaks poniards（她字字都是匕首）；她一露面，他宁可替人去拔大汗的胡须也不肯多留。殿下撮合克劳狄奥与希罗，又打趣碧翠丝弄丢了培尼狄克的心，被她一句 I gave him use for it（我就给它算了利息）反将一军。想学毒舌和反杀，看这场。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 形容毒舌：She speaks poniards（她字字都是匕首）
She speaks poniards 她字字如刀every word stabs 字字扎心prince's jester 王子的弄臣a man at a mark 像个任人射的靶子
前半是斗嘴，后半是定亲。培尼狄克向殿下大吐苦水，说碧翠丝 She speaks poniards（她字字都是匕首），自己像靶子被一整支军队射箭。碧翠丝一到，他宁肯替人去拔大汗的胡须，也不愿 hold conference with（跟她说上几句话）。殿下打趣碧翠丝弄丢了培尼狄克的心，她借「收利息」的说法把钱赢回来，被夸一句 put him down（把他驳倒了）。随后殿下撮合克劳狄奥与希罗，里奥那托当场许婚，克劳狄奥只回 Silence is the perfectest herald of joy（沉默才是欢喜最完美的报信人）。想形容毒嘴、想不带脏字赢回一局，这些话都能抄。
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“She speaks poniards, and every word stabs.”
她说出来的字字都是匕首，句句扎人。
把言语直接说成匕首，锋利又形象，是骂人嘴毒最漂亮的一句。
someone speaks poniards
形容某人说话句句伤人时用；当面对人讲会立刻翻脸。
Every word she says cuts. ／ Her tongue is a knife.
literary
poniards 重音在前，every word 连读，stabs 收得短促。
In meetings she speaks poniards and no one dares answer. 开会时她字字如刀，没人敢接话。
“If her breath were as terrible as her terminations, she would infect to the north star.”
她呼出来的气要是有她那张嘴一半厉害，能一路毒到北极星。
拿呼吸和毒舌作比，越说越离谱，夸张得让人拍手。
If X were as terrible as Y, it would ...
夸张地形容某样东西厉害到荒唐时用；正经描述别这么讲。
If her words were poison, we would all be dead. ／ Her breath alone could clear a room.
literary
as terrible as 连读，north star 两个实词都重读。
If that sauce were as hot as it smells, it would burn the table. 那酱要是闻着多辣就多辣，桌子都得烧穿。
“He lent it me awhile, and I gave him use for it - a double heart for his single one.”
他把心借给我一阵子，我就给它算了利息——他用一颗心，换我两颗。
把借心、付利息这套账目说法套在爱情上，俏皮得让人会心一笑。
lend someone something, and give them use for it
半开玩笑地把人情往来算成账时用；对认真的人说会显得轻浮。
He lent his heart and I paid interest. ／ He gave me one heart; I gave him two back.
literary
lent it me 连成一串，use for it 轻快带过。
You lent me a favour, so I gave you use for it and returned two. 你借我一份人情，我就连本带息还了两份。
“nor merry, nor well, but civil count - civil as an orange, and something of that jealous complexion.”
不快活，也不舒坦，就只是个客气伯爵——客气得像只橙子，还带着那么点吃醋的成色。
一个谐音梗加一层颜色隐喻，把闷着脸的伯爵说活，是全章最妙的玩笑。
be civil as an orange
打趣一个明明吃醋却硬装客气的人时用；对不熟的人说会得罪人。
He is polite and quietly seething. ／ All smiles, all sour underneath.
literary
civil as an 连读，jealous complexion 两个实词放慢。
He congratulated them, civil as an orange, and left early. 他客客气气地道了喜，酸得很，早早走了。
“Silence is the perfectest herald of joy.”
沉默才是欢喜最完美的报信人。
说不出口的欢喜最真，一句格言把新人的发呆说成最好的情话。
Silence is the perfectest herald of ...
替说不出话的人圆场、形容大喜无言时用；写正式文章会显得做作。
Silence says more than words here. ／ The quietest joy speaks loudest.
literary
perfectest 重音在首，herald of joy 三词一气带过。
He said nothing, and silence was the perfectest herald of his joy. 他一句话没说，而沉默正是他欢喜的报信人。
She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw, huddling jest upon jest with impossible conveyance upon me that I stood like a man at a mark with a whole army shooting at me. She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. If her breath were as terrible as her terminations, she would infect to the north star. Indeed, all disquiet, horror and perturbation follows her.
她当着我的面说，没认出那就是我， 说我是王子的弄臣，说我最迟钝，比一场大解冻还要迟钝， 一句接一句地挖苦我，快得让人来不及招架，我就像站在靶子前，一整支军队朝我放箭。 她说出来的字字都是匕首，句句扎人。 她呼出来的气要是有她那张嘴一半厉害，能一路毒到北极星。 可不是，她走到哪儿，哪儿就不安、惊恐、乱作一团。
下一章 · 09a mountain of affection山一样深的感情这场戏：自嘲单身后撮合冤家poniard 是古时候的匕首，speak poniards 就是「说出来的话像刀一样」，形容一个人字字扎人。培尼狄克说碧翠丝一句话就能把他刺得体无完肤。
civil as an orange。这里玩的是 civil 和 Seville 的谐音，塞维利亚橙以酸涩出名，说一个人 civil as an orange，就是客气得发酸、假客气。
put someone down 不表示「放下」，而是「把某人驳得说不出话、让他下不来台」。殿下夸碧翠丝 You have put him down，就是夸她把培尼狄克说得哑口无言。
可以，conference 这里指「交谈」，hold conference with someone 就是跟某人说上几句话，偏正式、带点书卷气，写文章或开玩笑时很好用。
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy。herald 是报信人、先兆，克劳狄奥高兴到说不出话，就用这句把「沉默」说成最好的表白。
