When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.

When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.

当一个中年男子疲惫地说他已经半死的时候，他说的是实话。

-- Elmer Davis 艾莫尔·戴维斯