a doozy of a day够呛的一天

一句话点出全片主题：真相不重要，别人怎么看才要命。

It doesn't matter .... What matters is ....

分清「事实」和「观感」、解释为什么舆论压过真相时用。

The facts are not the point; the impression is. ／ It's not what you did, it's what it looks like.

中性

doesn't matter 轻读，What matters is 重读，对比才出来。

It doesn't matter what you meant. What matters is how it looked. 你本意是什么不重要，重要的是别人看到的样子。

用一套荒唐逻辑自我安慰，黑色幽默一下子拉满。

It's good that ... if ..., they'd ...

用自嘲的推理给自己壮胆、把坏事说得没那么糟时用。

Lucky we don't know, or we'd be targets too. ／ Good thing we're clueless, then.

口语

you and I 连读，if we knew 后略停，they'd 轻带过。

It's good we don't know the deadline, or we'd panic. 幸好我们不知道截止日期，不然早慌了。

用最土的问好报最离谱的警，doozy of a day 成了全片名场面。

We've had a doozy of a day.

形容一天糟得离谱、半开玩笑地抱怨时用；对上司别太随便。

We've had quite a day. ／ Today has been one for the books.

口语

hidey-ho 轻快上扬，doozy of a day 放慢拖出喜感。

We've had a doozy of a day at the office. 我们办公室今天可真够呛。

把最血腥的场面说得像家常，荒诞和好笑全在这一句里。

came running out of nowhere and ...

夸张地复述一件离谱的意外时用；细节太血腥，看场合讲。

He appeared out of nowhere and did it to himself. ／ One of them ran straight into it, no warning.

口语

out of nowhere 连读，speared himself 后稍顿再收 died。

A dog came running out of nowhere and knocked me over. 一只狗不知从哪儿冲出来，把我撞倒了。

hucked himself right into 三个动作词把意外说得又快又猛。

huck yourself into something

形容谁猛地扑向或撞进某处时用；huck 很口语，正式文里不用。

He threw himself straight into it. ／ He launched himself right into the machine.

口语

hucked himself 连读，right into 重音落在 right。

He hucked himself into the pool with a shout. 他大喊一声就一头扎进了泳池。

一句冷嘲把戴尔天真的说辞戳破，也立住了两人的性格差。

You would have to be a moron to ...

吐槽某个主意蠢得离谱时用；骂得直白，熟人之间才这么说。

Nobody in their right mind would buy that. ／ Only an idiot would fall for that.

口语

would have to 弱读，moron 重读，句尾 believe that 放低。

You would have to be a moron to believe his excuse. 只有傻子才会信他的借口。