A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
流言蜚语
Gossip
All literature is gossip.
一切文学都是流言蜚语。
Gossip is the Devil's radio.
流言蜚语是魔鬼的收音机。
Gossip is nature's telephone.
流言蜚语是大自然的电话。
One seldom meets a lonely lie.
一个人很少会遇到孤独的谎言。
The dog that fetches will carry.
狗叼东西就背东西。
Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.
历史学家——广泛的八卦。
Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
八卦容易,政治难。
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
流言蜚语是受压迫者的麻醉剂。
Lies and gossip have a wretched offspring.
谎言和流言蜚语会生出不幸的后代。
Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you.
传闲话给你的人也会传你的闲话。
Base terms are bellows to a slackening fire.
基本条款是对减弱的火的风箱。
Gossip is more horrible than a capital crime.
流言蜚语比死刑更可怕。
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Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks with garbage?
大自然讨厌真空,但为什么大多数人都急于用垃圾填空呢?
There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.
人性中有一种欲望是任何魅力都无法驯服的,那就是大声宣扬邻居的耻辱:在鹰的翅膀上,不朽的丑闻飞翔,而正直的行为则生而又死。
Fire dies for lack of wood; if there's no whispering, gossip stops.
火因缺柴而灭;如果没有窃窃私语,流言蜚语就会停止。
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
爱情和丑闻是茶中最好的提神剂。
A malignant sore throat is a danger; a malignant throat not sore is worse.
恶性喉咙痛是一种危险;恶性喉咙不疼更糟。
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
与饶舌人的舌头相比,火与剑是毁灭的慢速机器。