misery-love（可怜虫喜欢有人陪）

昨天下班前接到了老同学强子的电话~“兄弟，晚上陪我喝一杯吧，什么也别问，我心里苦啊~”结果，我还真就陪他默默地喝了一晚上，啥话也没说......

第二天，我才得知原来是他女朋友跟他老板好了......唉，言归正传，在一个人痛苦悲伤的时候，其实最好的安慰就是陪伴在身旁。英语里就有这么一个表达----Misery loves company，没错，就是苦难爱陪伴。下次要是你朋友悲伤难过时，这句话就派上用场了！

苦难爱陪伴；祸不单行；同病相怜，同忧相救

【En】People who are unhappy like to share their troubles with others. 不快乐的人喜欢向人诉苦。Fellow sufferers make unhappiness easier to bear. 同病相怜使痛苦更容易忍受。

【例】We'd both just broken up with our boyfriends, so we decided to go see a movie together – misery loves company.

我们都刚刚和男朋友分手，于是决定一起去看电影——不开心的人需要找伴！

【例】I know misery loves company, but quit trying to bring me down just because you had a bad day at work.

我知道痛苦需要有人陪伴，但是不要因为你今天工作不顺心就想拖我下水。

【例】Misery loves company. Let me stay here and help you.

苦难爱陪伴。让我留在这儿帮帮你吧！

【例】Misery loves company. Call me any time you're in trouble again.

痛苦要有人分担才行。再遇到麻烦随时打电话叫我。

【例】Jill: Why is Linda criticizing everybody today? Jane: Her boss criticized her this morning, and misery loves company.

吉尔: 琳达今天为什么批评每个人? 简: 她老板今天早上批评了她，可怜虫喜欢有人陪伴。

【例】I should probably feel bad because my sister is so depressed, but I'm pretty depressed myself. Misery loves company.

我可能会觉得很难过，因为我妹妹很沮丧，所以我自己也很沮丧。同病相怜嘛。

【例】She secretly hoped her friend would fail, too-misery loves company.

她暗自希望她的朋友也会失败——痛苦是需要陪伴的。

【例】Her boss criticized her this morning, and misery loves company.

今天早上她上司批了她一顿，她也不想别人好过。

【例】If misery loves company, so do sports fans.

如果说受罪的人愿意凑在一起，体育比赛的观众也一样。

People who are really unhappy, or miserable, are not very fun to be around.

那些真正不快乐的人，或者痛苦的人，呆在他们身边是没有乐趣的。

So why would we say this expression?

那么我们为什么要说这个词呢？

Anna: Jonathan, what is up with Estelle? She called me last night and complained for an hour.

Anna: Jonathan, 埃斯特尔怎么了? 她昨晚打电话给我，抱怨了一个小时。

Jonathan: I know. These days, I don't take her calls. She has been so unhappy lately. She just wants others to complain with her.

Jonathan: 我知道。这些天，我不接她的电话。她最近一直很不开心。她只是想让别人听她抱怨。

Anna: That's sad. "Misery loves company," I guess.

Anna: 太可悲了。我想可能“痛苦是需要有人来分担吧”。

Misery loves company has a couple of meanings. One is that unhappy people like others to be unhappy too. Another is that unhappy people like to share their troubles with others.

痛苦爱陪伴有两层含义。一是不快乐的人喜欢别人也不快乐。另一个原因是不快乐的人喜欢和别人分享他们的烦恼。