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警告别跟老板绑太紧:on a short leash

盖伊拿着新到手的传呼机,以为上司开始尊重自己,有人却泼冷水:He's just got you on a shorter leash(他只是把你管得更紧)。对方还提醒,这位老板 plays a zero-sum game(玩的是零和博弈),Nobody wins unless somebody loses(有人赢就必有人输)。想听懂职场里这种拐着弯的警告,这几句很典型。

发生了什么

盖伊拿着新传呼机,以为上司开始尊重自己,对方一句 He's just got you on a shorter leash(他只是把你管得更紧)把幻想戳破。接着是一场拉扯:有人要盖伊取消和斯特拉的会面、跟巴迪走,还说自己 know the drill(清楚这套流程)——the politicking, the compromises(搞政治、互相妥协),甚至为了拍马屁把咖啡洒自己身上。旁人提醒,这位老板 plays a zero-sum game(玩的是零和博弈),Nobody wins unless somebody loses(有人赢就必有人输),跟他绑在一起迟早吃亏。on a short leash 是被管得很紧、没有自由;zero-sum game 是零和博弈,一方所得必是另一方所失;know the drill 是清楚流程、知道该怎么办。谈判、站队、听警告,这些话都用得上。

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On a short leash

被管得很紧、没有自由

盖伊以为老板开始器重自己,唐恩却说他只是被拴得更短、管得更紧,并不是真的得到信任。

My manager keeps me on a short leash during every launch.每次项目上线,经理都把我盯得死死的。

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  • Know the drill

    清楚这套流程、知道该怎么办

  • Fine by me

    我没意见、随你便

  • Zero-sum game

    零和博弈:一方所得必是另一方所失

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100 句台词里标了 42 处

短语 · B2begin to respect someone

开始尊重我

I think he... he's beginning to respect me.
短语 · B2keep someone on a short leash

被管得很紧、没有自由

盖伊以为老板开始器重自己,唐恩却说他只是被拴得更短、管得更紧,并不是真的得到信任。

He's just got you on a shorter leash, that's all.
短语 · B1do something all wrong

全弄错了

Oh, you're doing it all wrong. Move.
短语 · B1let me guess

让我猜猜

Let me guess.
短语 · C1team ...

团队精神那套屁话

He gave you that team horseshit, right?
短语 · B2win one for someone

为我们赢一次

"Win one for us, you and me."
短语 · B1be supposed to do something

按理该做什么

Exactly what is it that we are supposed to do?
短语 · A2cancel a meeting

取消你的会面

you have to cancel your meeting with Stella.
短语 · B2take credit for something

把功劳据为己有

Listen, all Stella wants to do is take credit for your work.
短语 · B1go directly to someone

直接去找

Now, I already convinced Buddy to go directly to Cyrus.
短语 · B2jeopardize a relationship

危及一段关系

I don't want to jeopardize your relationship with Stella.
短语 · B1the only way

唯一的办法

I'm sorry, but this is the only way...
短语 · B1don't apologize

别道歉

Stop. Do not apologize.
短语 · B2be a sign of weakness

软弱的表现

It's a sign of weakness.
短语 · B1what needs to be done

需要做什么

Don't tell me what needs to be done, Guy.
短语 · B2know the drill

清楚这套流程、知道该怎么办

盖伊想提醒巴迪该怎么做,巴迪打断他,说自己早就知道这套流程——搞政治、互相妥协、抢着拍马屁那一套,不用你来教。

I know the drill...
短语 · B2make compromises

妥协

the politicking, the compromises...
短语 · C1the race to do something

抢着拍马屁的竞赛

the spilling of coffee on ourselves in the race to kiss ass.
短语 · B1get cold

变凉

I let... I let his coffee get cold, and he threw it at me.
短语 · B2learn a valuable lesson

吸取了宝贵的教训

But I learned a valuable lesson...
短语 · B1a bagel stain

贝果留下的污渍

It's a bagel stain.
短语 · B2put too much of something on

抹了太多奶油奶酪

Yeah. Well, I put too much cream cheese on his bagel, so he threw it at me.
短语 · B1really respect someone

真的很尊重你(此处反讽)

Yeah. He really respects you.
短语 · B1want to do something now

想现在就动手

No. Bu... Buddy wants to do this now.
短语 · B1deal with someone

先应付巴迪

We just have to deal with Buddy on this one.
短语 · B1make the right choice

做出正确的选择

want you to make the right choice.
短语 · B1go with someone

跟某人一边、选某人

I say we go with Buddy.
短语 · C1get fucked

不被狠狠坑一把

You cannot get into bed with him without getting fucked.
短语 · C1a zero-sum game

零和博弈

He plays a zero-sum game.
短语 · B2that's someone's drill

他的惯用套路

That's his drill.
短语 · C1nobody wins unless somebody loses

有人赢,就必有人输

Nobody wins unless somebody loses.
短语 · B2as long as ...

只要不失去你

As long as I don't lose you.
短语 · B2be caused by something

源于失去

is caused from loss.
短语 · B2the things that matter most

最重要的事情

Loss of the things that matter most.
短语 · B2think big

把格局放大

Let's... let's start thinking big...
短语 · A2be right back

马上回来

I'll be right back.
短语 · B1don't go anywhere

哪儿也别去

Don't go anywhere.
短语 · B2your precious something

你那宝贝头发

Look at your precious hair.
短语 · B2help someone out of something

帮你从这个局里脱身

There's no way that Rogaine's gonna help you out of this one, my friend, I'm tellin' you.
短语 · B1fine by me

我没意见、随你便

盖伊给巴迪试造型,巴迪不满意,让他换回之前那套辣酱造型,还丢下一句随你的便,反正我不介意,态度满不在乎。

You want to go back to the hot sauce, that's fine by me.
短语 · B2years of bad luck

多年的霉运

7 years of bad luck.
短语 · C1fucking brilliant

真他妈绝

That's fuckin' brilliant.

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You cannot get into bed with him without getting fucked.

跟他上床,你不可能不被操。 把合作说成陷阱:一旦绑定就没有全身而退,粗话让警告更冷。

He's just got you on a shorter leash, that's all.

他只是把绳子给你收短了,仅此而已。 用「牵狗绳」比喻控制:所谓被器重,不过是绳子的长度变了。一句就拆穿职场里的恩宠幻觉。

Loss of the things that matter most.

失去那些最重要的事。 把痛苦追到根上:真正折磨人的,不是失去本身,而是失去的那样东西恰好最重要。

As long as I don't lose you.

只要别失去你。 在满场算计和背叛里,这句把条件从句留给唯一在意的人。它不喊口号,只用最轻的语气说出最重的在乎。

关于这一章的问题

on a short leash 是什么意思?

字面是绳牵得更短,实际指被人管得很紧、没有自由。剧中盖伊拿到传呼机以为被尊重,对方就用这句话点破:这不是信任,是拴得更牢。

「零和博弈」英语怎么说?

说 zero-sum game。它的意思是一方所得必是另一方所失,没有双赢。剧中用来形容巴迪的行事方式,还配了一句 Nobody wins unless somebody loses。

know the drill 怎么用?

意思是清楚这套流程、知道该怎么办,常用在重复做过的场合。剧中有人说 I know the drill,表示他对公司里的政治和妥协早就门清。

fine by me 是「对我很好」吗?

不是。fine by me 是我没意见、随你便的意思,语气偏无所谓。剧中有人想让对方换回旧造型,说的是 fine by me,等于你爱怎样就怎样。

「只要不失去你」英语怎么说?

说 As long as I don't lose you。剧中在一番算计和警告之后,用这句话把话题拉回关系本身,语气一下子软下来。

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