That way, it looks as if either end is the front end - and so its message to would be attackers is don't mess with me - bottom or top!

这样一来，看起来无论头还是尾，哪边都像是头——所以它在向可能的攻击者传达这样的信息：别来惹我。

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"It's very important that a clear message is sent that if you make a mess of things, you don't get rewarded for it," said Darling.

“这是发出的一个非常重要而明确的信息，如果你把事情搞糟，你不会因此得到奖赏你。”达林说。

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It is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess.

一个人不可能同时感恩又感到沮丧，心存感恩的人比较可能在混乱中看到讯息。

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But in the case of Litvenenko, his killers wanted to send a message: Don't mess with the powers that be in Russia.

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That's when cutting a deal might start to make sense for him and even for the other side: Gingrich can stop worrying about galvanizing his base, and if he picks up a less-than-expected number of seats--say, only five or six--some in the party can argue it's a message to find a way out of the Lewinsky mess.

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"We basically wanted to send the message that our rights are ours and don't mess with our weapons, " Simmons-Edmunds said Monday afternoon in advance of the meeting that rejected her proposal.

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