A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
裁缝
Tailor
Dull scissors make crooked-mouthed tailors.
钝剪刀能做弯嘴裁缝。
My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist.
我父亲是裁缝，母亲是机械师。
A hundred bakers, a hundred millers, and a hundred tailors are three hundred thieves.
一百个面包师，一百个磨坊主，一百个裁缝，就是三百个小偷。
My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change.
我的腰围越来越小，用裁缝的话来说，甚至连我自己的朋友，或我尊敬的医学顾问，都难以想象，直到我穿上以前的衣服，穿上现在的衣服，这是一个彻底令人信服的证据，证明我发生了显著的变化。