Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood

  • -- Saint Aurelius Augustine 圣奥勒留奥古斯丁

坏伙伴就像钉在柱子上的钉子,第一次和第二次打击后,可以毫不费力地拔出来;但是,一旦被赶到头部,钳子就抓不住它,无法把它拔出来,而这只能通过破坏木头来实现

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If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter.

如果你写的东西得到了不好的回应,或者某人坦白了或者传达了错误的信息,那么当它出现在报纸或杂志上的时候,通常会立即导致有人被叫到老板的办公室。有时,它会导致记者失去访问权限。

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

积少成多,积少成多;谷仓里的堆是由一粒一粒的谷粒组成的,一滴一滴的谷粒形成了洪水。

We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.

我们只是在轨道上停留了两天多一点,所以我们没有因为失重而产生的副作用。

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

事情并不像你想的那么糟。明天早上看起来会好些。