He trailed the clouds of his own glory after him; hell lay about him in his infancy. He was ready for more deaths. 他拖着自己荣耀的云彩跟在后面;在他幼年时,地狱就在他周围。他准备好迎接更多的死亡。 -- Graham Greene 格雷厄姆·格林
Every ditch is full of your after-wits. 每条水沟都充满了你的斗智斗勇。
It's unfortunate, you know, that you can't change people's - habits, their personal habits. 很不幸,你知道,你不能改变人们的习惯,他们的个人习惯。 -- Linda McMahon 琳达·麦克曼
And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room. 然后,她从震惊转向悲伤,就像她可能进入另一个房间一样。 -- Anita Shreve
The weed that grows by the riverbank will not suffer the effect of draught. 河边生长的杂草不会受到干旱的影响。
A person is a guest for one or two days, but becomes an intruder on the third. 一个人在一两天内是客人,但在第三天就成了不速之客。
There's no use asking the cow to pour you a glass of milk. 让奶牛给你倒一杯牛奶是没有用的。
A lizard longs to sit down but its tail doesn't let it. 蜥蜴很想坐下,但它的尾巴不让它坐下。
The simple man's the begger's brother. 这个简单的人是乞丐的兄弟。