> 男が、そんなこと言われてみろ。一、二もなく、なついちまう

How to take the 言われてみろ?

"A guy being told that" + "try being"?
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passive-voice imperatives
Use of Passive form + てみる
It is more or less _try ...ing_ , but the translation does not work because
the subject is 3rd person.

The usage means _suppose that..._ , so _If a guy were told such a thing, then
he would ..._

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In case of 2nd person subject:

  * あいつにそんなこと言ってみろ、

_Try saying that to him_ should make sense, but it can also be _suppose you
say that to him_.
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This type of -てみろ is typically used like this:

> 動いてみろ、命はないぞ。  
>  Move, and you're a dead man.

See:

  * [The てごらん structure seems to be a little different in this context](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/86254/5010)
  * [Confusing use of imperative in a threat](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/98370/5010)

The original sentence implies "She/You shouldn't say something like that to a
man (otherwise something bad will happen)."

You can remember this -てみろ (-てごらん, -てみなさい) as a pattern to dramatically
express a _condition_ along with its undesirable outcome. When used like this,
even though it's in the imperative form, the imperative meaning has been lost,
so it can take a third-person subject.
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