He insists that firms must use their patents or lose them, "You can't just sit on your ass and give everyone the finger."

他坚称，公司必须使用他们的专利，否则将会失去他们：“你不能只自己坐下然后对别人指手画脚。”

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On the other hand, people who have a deficiency of bravery are cowards; they won't put their ass on the line for anything.

从另外一个方面说，缺少勇气的人事懦夫，他们不愿意为了任何事情冒险。

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The people who died are poor innocent people, not sitting on their 50 year old ass cutting their toenails on a leather couch like her.

死的都是无辜的穷人，不是像她那样坐在皮沙发上修她的脚趾甲的50多岁的老家伙。

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So it was incumbent on Bob to kick their ass in court.

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In short, a technical shortcut that the biggest banks developed in order to simplify their outsized paperwork problems has come back to bite everybody on the ass.

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