A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
虚张声势
Bluff
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
一个人所能做的最困难的事就是从自己的悬崖上摔下来。
It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.
有必要用我所能调动的一切权威来吓唬日军的营长,说我是正式来的,是为了确保投降条件得到遵守,战俘的生活条件立即得到改善。