1. His words reminded me of a famous quip by George Carlin, the late, great American comedian – “It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
2. But the bottom line, Mr Hayward: whatever else you do, resist the urge to quip “oil’s well that ends well.”
但是唐熙华先生,不论你做什么,底线是你得忍住嘲弄“油好,一切都好”的冲动。
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3. The doctors are not entirely sympathetic: “If there was a surgery to enlarge brains, we would offer him a free trial, ” they quip.
医生们并不太同情这个家伙,他们讽刺说:“如果有个手术能加大脑瓜的话,我们很愿意给他免费试用。”
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4. Returning to a country from which Fiat was driven out by poor quality—Americans used to quip that its name stood for “Fix It Again, Tony”—is a big risk.
5. Now psychologists have found that his quip bears the hallmark of truth.
现在许多心理学家认为,他的这句名言承载有许多哲学真理。
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6. As well as showing an attractive self-deprecation, his quip underlines the fact that girls are considered one of the rewards of being a top sportsman.
他不仅表现出强烈的自我抨击,也讽刺了女孩被认为是成为顶尖运动员的一项奖赏的事实。
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7. A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.