put into action付诸行动

先笑着把最坏的可能说破，再请人坐下喝咖啡，气度一下立住。

If you're here to ..., you've come to the wrong place.

半开玩笑地警告来意不明的人时用；对真的走错门的客人可以说，别对上司这么讲。

You've definitely knocked on the wrong door. ／ This isn't the place you're looking for.

口语

you're here to 连读，wrong place 重读收尾。

If you want a refund, you've come to the wrong place. 你要退款的话，可找错地方了。

一句把整代人的理想和失落都装进去，像悼词也像宣言。

There was such a thing as ... in those days.

感叹今不如昔、怀念某个年代时用；正式演讲里会显得太怀旧。

People really acted on what they believed back then. ／ Conviction used to mean something.

literary

such a thing 轻读，put into action 放慢，those days 收低。

There was such a thing as pride in work in those days. 那个年代，手艺活是真的讲究体面的。

用一句粗话把伪自由派的虚伪钉死，情绪和立场都在里面。

They don't give a damn about ...

批评别人只顾自己、不管公共利益时用；正式场合含 damn，最好改说 don't care。

They couldn't care less about the common good. ／ Making the world better means nothing to them.

口语

don't give a 连读，damn 重读，句尾降调。

He doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself. 他除了自己谁都不在乎。

把炸议会的狂想说得像一桩夙愿，荒诞和认真各占一半。

I've always dreamed of pulling a Guy Fawkes on ...

开玩笑说想搞破坏时能用，对熟人；涉及真实威胁的场合绝对不要用。

I've always wanted to blow that place up. ／ I've dreamed of taking on the whole legislature.

口语

I've always dreamed 连读，Guy Fawkes 重读，Texas Legislature 放慢收尾。

I've always dreamed of pulling a Guy Fawkes on my landlord's office. 我一直梦想着对我房东的办公室来一出盖伊·福克斯。