If we leave that poor Marionette in his hands, he may tear him to pieces!

如果我们把那个可怜的木偶留在他手里，他会把他撕成碎片的！

youdao

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

你们忘记神的，要思想这事，免得我把你们撕碎，无人搭救。

youdao

He was just about to tear her in pieces when she begged him to spare her life: "I'm not big enough, " she pleaded, "to make you a good meal, you ought to seek your prey among the bigger birds.

就在老鹰将要撕碎夜莺时，她恳求老鹰饶命：“我的个头太小了，不能让你饱餐一顿，你应当去抓那些个头更大的鸟。”

youdao

Ms. PROSE: So the fact that they're worried may actually be a good sign, and every writer I know - I mean there's a wonderful phrase of William Burroughs, and he talks about the temptation to take your work and tear it up into tiny little pieces and throw it in somebody else's wastepaper basket.

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