Don't shoot the messenger, my dear. I'm only relaying your mother's orders.

别怪送信人，亲爱的。我只是在转达你母亲的决定。

Shooting the messenger was now practically a sport, and no-one wanted to be the bearer of bad news.

射杀信使几乎成了一种运动，没有人愿意成为坏消息的传递者。