Don? T bother him, he is drowning in solving the problem.

别烦他，他正在解决这个问题了。

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But a few verses later it's clear that the poet isn't really drowning: this is a metaphor for his difficult situation.

但是随后的几首诗证明了，诗人并没有真正的溺水：,这里的水象征着困境。

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If he's not careful, he'll end up like his boss, whose drowning wasn't an, er, accident.

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