a fairy tale童话

一句把隐私和体面说透：关起门来做的事，不必都经得起当众追问。

People do X in private they couldn't explain in public.

替私人生活辩护或提醒别多管闲事时用；当事人是受害者时别说。

People live one way in private and another in public. ／ Not everything done at home can be explained outside.

中性

in private 与 in public 对比重读，couldn't 轻带。

People do things in private they could never explain in public. 人在私下做的事，未必都能拿到台面上讲。

不正面否认，而是拿自己作参照，一句话把指控推得荒唐。

X is no more a Y than I am.

想彻底否定一个说法、又不想吵架时用；对当事人说太重。

He's no more guilty than I am. ／ Calling him a thief is like calling me one.

中性

no more 重读，than I am 降调收，语气笃定。

She's no more a liar than I am. 要说她撒谎，那我也撒谎了。

把对窗凝望说成闯入别人的私密世界，一句替整部戏点题。

That's a ... world you're looking into.

提醒别人别过度窥探他人生活时用；也可用来描述陌生领域。

That's a private world you are peering into. ／ You are looking into someone else's hidden life.

literary

secret, private 两个形容词接连重读，out there 收轻。

That's a private world you're looking into, not a show. 你窥探的是一个私人的世界，不是一场表演。

把命案轻飘飘归成家庭问题，一句冷笑话戳穿侦探的敷衍。

be known as + 名词

给某件棘手事贴个体面标签时用；带讽刺，正式场合不要拿它搪塞人。

That is what they call a domestic issue. ／ They file that under family matters.

口语

That's what's 连读，known as a 连读，family problem 平稳收尾。

A lost account is known as a rounding error around here. 在这儿，丢个账户就叫舍入误差。