这场戏：幻想娶小姐被人偷看
第 12 章 · 共 25 章 · 3'33"
马伏里奥一个人做白日梦，幻想当上伯爵、娶了奥丽维娅，越说越飘。托比一伙躲在旁边偷看，说他 Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him（这么一想，他活像只神气活现的公火鸡），又冷笑着 Now is the woodcock near the gin（笨鸟快踩上陷阱了）。想学怎么讽刺自大狂、又形容猎物上钩，这段妙语连珠。
❝ 独白 · 7 句 turkey-cock（神气活现的自大狂），幻想吹大了他
turkey-cock 神气活现的自大狂jets under his advanced plumes 抖着华丽羽毛招摇example for it 有先例可循imagination blows him 被幻想吹得鼓起来
the woodcock near the gin（自投罗网），等着他上钩
amend your drunkenness 改掉酗酒的毛病sinews of our plot 某事的命脉关键the woodcock near the gin 自投罗网的猎物
《第十二夜》这段在奥丽维娅的花园：马伏里奥独自做白日梦，幻想自己 To be Count Malvolio（当上马伏里奥伯爵），娶了奥丽维娅，连怎么对手下发号施令都想好了。托比一群人躲在树后偷看，说他 Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him（这么一想，他活像只神气活现的公火鸡），看他 jets under his advanced plumes（抖着羽毛招摇），还激动地喊 Pistol him（毙了他）。托比按捺住众人，说 Nay, patience or we break the sinews of our plot（别，忍住，不然咱们的计谋就断了筋骨），最后一句 Now is the woodcock near the gin（笨鸟快踩上陷阱了）。想学讽刺、损人和形容上钩的英文，这段最逗。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him...”
一味空想，把他变成了好一只神气的火鸡。
把自恋写成动物，一句就让人看见他挺胸抖羽的蠢样。
make a rare X of someone
形容某人被某种情绪或想象弄成一副可笑模样时套用。
make a fool of himself by thinking ／ turn someone into a peacock
口语
rare 拖长带讽刺，turkey-cock 重音加重。
One lucky deal made a rare peacock of him. 一单走运的生意，就把他变成了好一只神气的孔雀。
“how he jets under his advanced plumes.”
看他抖着一身高高翘起的华丽羽毛，招摇成什么样。
把虚荣写成一只抖羽炫耀的鸟，动作一出，人格自现。
jet under one's advanced plumes
形容某人靠借来的光环摆谱的场合，比说爱炫耀更传神。
strut in borrowed feathers ／ parade his borrowed plumes
口语
jets under 连读，advanced plumes 加重收尾。
After one award he jets under his advanced plumes for a week. 拿了一个奖，他就抖着一身借来的羽毛招摇一整周。
“Now is the woodcock near the gin.”
瞧，那傻鸟已经快踩进网里了。
把猎物和傻瓜叠成同一只鸟，一句预告了他自投罗网。
Now is the X near the gin.
眼看某人要上当或自曝其短，用这句提醒同伴别出声。
he's walking right into it ／ the fish is nearing the net
口语
woodcock 与 near 连读，gin 轻轻收住。
Now is the woodcock near the gin; just wait for him to sign it. 那傻鸟快踩网了，就等他把字签了。
“There is example for it.”
这是有先例的。
五个词把荒唐的野心说成有据可查，自我说服的滑稽全在这句。
There is example for it.
半开玩笑地为自己的想法找先例时用；正式论证时要有真实依据，别空说这句。
There is precedent for it. ／ It has been done before.
中性
There is example 轻带，for it 放慢收住。
There is example for it, plenty of people have switched careers late. 这是有先例的，很多人都是晚年转行。
“You must amend your drunkenness.”
你得改改你这酗酒的毛病。
用 amend 把戒酒说成一项体面的整改，训人和玩笑只差语气。
You must amend your ...
半开玩笑地劝人少喝时用；认真谈成瘾问题要用更严肃、更关怀的说法。
You must mend your drinking. ／ You have to do something about the drink.
literary
You must amend 重读，your drunkenness 放慢收住。
You must amend your late-night snacking. 你得改改半夜吃零食的毛病。
Having been three months married to her sitting in my state... Oh, for a stone bow to hit him in the eye! ...Calling my officers about me in my branched velvet gowns, having come from a day bed where I have left Olivia sleeping. Fire and brimstone! Oh, peace, peace! And then to have the humour of state.
跟她结婚三个月以后，我高坐在自己的宝座上…… 唉，要是有把弹弓，我就一石子打他眼睛上！ ……穿着绣花的天鹅绒长袍，把手下都召集到跟前， 刚从躺椅上起身，奥丽维娅还在那儿睡着。 天打雷劈！ 别出声，别出声！ 然后摆出当权者的派头。
下一章 · 13have greatness thrust upon them伟大被硬塞过来这场戏：捡到假情书自作多情字面是「丘鹬快靠近捕鸟网了」。woodcock 是种笨鸟，gin 是陷阱，合起来比喻「快自投罗网的猎物」，专说自以为得计的傻瓜。
know my place。place 这里指身份、本分，I know my place 就是「我明白自己的身份」，也可以带点讽刺：提醒别人别越界。
本意是「公火鸡」，公火鸡爱昂首阔步、抖动羽毛。所以 turkey-cock 常用来骂那些神气活现、自命不凡的人。
imagination blows him。blow 有「吹胀」的意思，说一个人被自己的幻想吹得飘飘然、自我膨胀，画面感很强。
马伏里奥沉浸在幻想里，把玛丽亚、托比一伙全当成将来听命的下属；托比、费边和安德鲁则躲在旁边偷看，等着他踩进那封假信的陷阱。
