You, me and Dupree《同居三人行》精講之六-英語點津

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Dupree: Is there anything worse than having to throw away your porn collection?

Carl: What's going on with you and Molly?

Dupree: What?

Carl: You heard me. Are you in love with my wife?

Dupree: Have you lost your mind? What are you talking about?

Carl: Dupree. Dupree, just answer the question.

Dupree: Whoa, hold on, Jake LaMotta. I'm not gonna... That's a sick question.

Carl: How come you can't answer it?

Dupree: I'm not going to answer because it doesn't deserve an answer. How could you ask me something like that?

Carl: You're very clever, Dupree. You're living in my house. You're going to town on yourself in my living room. And now you're moving in on my wife.

Dupree: What?

Carl: You think you got it all figured out, but I'm on to you, and you're out of here!

Dupree: Oh, no. Hold on. You're not throwing me out of here. I'll leave!

Carl: Good! And while you're at it, leave the flask and the groomsman's outfit.

Dupree: But you gave those to me. Those were gifts. Those were gifts!

Carl: All right! You know, keep those. All those were gifts. But leave the insignia. Because that was for my best man.

Dupree: Hey. It's for the best. The guy would have beenliving off us forever.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. That's a sick question.

That’s not pleasant to talk about. 你可以理解為“這種問題真無聊、這種問題真有病”。

2. go to town on

這個片語的意思是“to be having a good time，to be enjoying oneself，to indulge 放縱，隨心所欲”，這里Carl 是說Dupree 在他家的客廳里隨心所欲，想干嘛就干嘛。

3. move in on

這個片語的意思是“intrude on; also, try to take over or get control of 試圖控制、占有……”，比如：Their sales force is moving in on our territory. 他們的銷售力量正在侵占我們的地盤。

4. be on to

這個片語的意思是“be aware of or have information about意識到，察覺到”，比如：They can't pull that trick again; we're on to them now. 他們不能再耍那個計謀了，我們已經察覺到了。

5. live off

Live off 這個片語有多種用法，比如“以……為生，以……為食物，靠……供養，住在……之外”，這里Carl的意思是“Dupree 以后不會再來打擾他們的生活了”。

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