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刮伤
Scratch
After a feast a man scratches his head.
宴会后,一个男人搔搔头。
One learns to itch where one can scratch.
能挠的地方就会痒。
It's a bad hen that won't scratch herself.
一只坏母鸡是不会抓伤自己的。
San Diego walked away with just a scratch.
圣地亚哥只受了点伤就离开了。
He who feels himself scabby, let him scratch.
觉得自己长了疥疮的,就让他搔吧。
Scratch a fantasy and you'll find a nightmare.
划掉一个幻想,你会发现一个噩梦。
Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.
抓一条狗,你就会找到一份固定的工作。
Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.
剥开悲观主义者的外衣,你会发现他们往往是特权的捍卫者。
No matter how long you've been at it, you always start from scratch.
不管你做了多久,你总是从头开始。
He's arguably the best there is. Against him, you've got to scratch and claw the best you can.
他可以说是最好的。面对他,你必须竭尽全力去抓。
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
很少有人能触及到表面,更不用说对自己经历的沉思了。
I damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept over me and I couldn't deal with it. I had to re-learn things from scratch.
我破坏了大脑中所有与处理和情绪控制有关的复杂部分。我被每一种席卷全身的情绪所折磨,我无法处理它。我必须从头开始重新学习。
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Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.
即使整个大地和大海都变成金子,也无法满足一个女人的贪婪……用指甲刮钻石比用人类的聪明才智让一个女人同意捐出她的积蓄要容易得多。