He reckoned he should make a better fist at farming than educating.

他认为自己从事农业比从事教育会更成功。

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He reckoned he should make a better fist at farming than educating.

他认为自己搞农业会比教育更成功。

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Nor is it clear that brain surgeons would make a better fist of legislation than ordinary people with guts and common sense.

ECONOMIST: Parliamentary expenses

At the halfway point of Mr Papandreou's term, almost half the electorate say a national-unity government would make a better fist of reforms.

ECONOMIST: How much more can Greeks take?

And American firms, faced like British ones with a high proportion of unskilled workers, make a far better fist of training them for specific jobs.

ECONOMIST: Productivity