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

"（诘问，拒绝接受已存在的事实因而）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。