Cherry: Help me. Please.
T-bag: You ll have to forgive my boy. He has the, uh, propensity1 to be a bit gregarious2 when he shouldn t be. Fraternizing in the prison shower. Come on.
Michael: Maybe you ought to cut the kid a break.
T-bag: You wouldn t be meddling3 in my affairs now, would you, Scofield? You can t be that stupid. Not when I m so fully4 invested in your affairs.
Michael: What s between you and him... is between you and him.
T-bag: That s what I thought you said.
Cherry: You ve got to help me.
Sucre: Looks like I got to find something else to call you now.
Michael: Why is that?
Sucre: Cause you ain t a fish no more. You ain t the newest con5 in the tank. No...
Michael: I could ve done something.
Lincoln: No. T-Bag had his hooks in that kid. There was nothing you could ve done.
Michael: I could ve told the pope. He could ve transferred the kid to AdSeg. He would ve been safe.
Lincoln: Go easy, Michael. You didn t even know him.
Michael: That makes it okay? I turned my back on him because I didn t want to make waves. It was just... easier... to look the other way... keep the plan safe.
Lincoln: And you did.
Michael: But at what price?
Abruzzi: I give you permission to call to Philly? Hey, I asked you a question, man.
Gus: Listen, there, uh... there s been a restructuring. This comes from Philly himself. You couldn t deliver Fibonacci... so I m The Man in here now.
Abruzzi: Hey, jelly wad... run to the commissary, get me a bag of chips, we ll pretend this never happened, right?
Gus: Yeah, I m telling you, John. The sooner you face these facts, the better off we will all be.
Abruzzi: I could kill you in a heartbeat.
Gus: Somehow I doubt that. The sooner you face facts, the better off we will all be. You re yesterday s news, John.
妙语佳句，活学活用
1. Cut someone a break
Give someone a break 的另一种表达，意思是"Give someone a chance or special consideration"，常常翻译成"饶了某人，放过某人，给某人一个机会"，例如：She begged the professor for an extension on her term paper, saying "Please give me a break."
另外，give me a break还可以用来表示感叹，要求对方"stop trying to fool or upset or bother me"，例如：Don t tell me the party s been postponed6 again--give me a break!
2. hooks
在俚语中，hooks有hands or fingers的意思，例如：Get your hooks off that cake!
3. Turn one s back on
"拒绝，忽略，背弃，抛弃"的意思，例如：I can t turn my back on my own daughter, no matter what she s done.
4. Make waves
"挑起事端，引发争端"的意思，例如：We ve finally settled our differences, so please don t make waves.
5. in a heartbeat
意为"without hesitation"，例如：You d better think over what I said. I can kill you in a heartbeat.
6. Yesterday s news
"昨天的新闻"会是什么样的新闻？从时效性上来说，当然是已经过时的、无关紧要的了。Yesterday s news means "irrelevant"，Gus 的意思是 Abruzzi从此和监狱工厂再没有关系了。
