prove much in our vows誓言多过行动

对仗工整，把‘说’与‘做’钉在一起，一句话拆穿男人式爱情。

prove much in one's vows, but little in one's love

用来点破某人嘴上承诺多、付出少的场合，比骂他伪君子更有力。

all talk and no action ／ big on promises, small on follow-through

literary

still 与 but 处各一顿，vows 和 love 两词加重。

He proves much in his vows but little in his follow-through on deadlines. 他承诺时说得漂亮，到交活儿时却总跟不上。

把暗恋写成虫蛀花蕾，隐秘的病态美，画面感压过任何直白告白。

let something, like a worm in the bud, feed on ...

形容有人隐忍不说、被心事慢慢损耗时，写日记或发感慨都合适。

let it eat away at you ／ a secret that gnaws at you

literary

worm in the bud 连成一串，damask cheek 轻轻收尾。

A secret, like a worm in the bud, will feed on you until you finally speak. 秘密像花蕾里的蛀虫，你不说出口，它就一直啃你。

夸张到近乎自嘲，把‘女人承受不了我的爱’说成生理论断，尽显公爵虚荣。

There is no one can bide the beating of so strong a passion

揶揄自恋、把别人的退却说成别人承受力差时，可用这句的骨架。

no one can handle my intensity ／ they can't take the force of it

literary

passion 拖长，heart 落重，整句一气呵成。

There is no teammate can bide the beating of so fierce an ego. 没有哪个队友受得了这么强的自我。

一句反问收住整段独白，把痴情从故事逼成质问，余味很重。

Was not this X indeed?

讲完一段隐忍往事，用这句反问逼对方承认它算数。

Surely that counts as love. ／ Is that not love, truly?

literary

not 与 this 连读，indeed 放句尾用降调。

Was not this patience indeed a kind of quiet devotion? 这份沉默的忍耐，难道不也是一种深藏的情意吗？