Someone had knocked a hole in the wall.

有人在墙上打了个洞。

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The blast tore a hole in the wall.

墙被炸开了个洞。

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They managed to knock a hole in the wall.

他们设法在墙上凿了个洞。

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All that was left was a stone for the last hole in the wall.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

The apartment is small. A door is missing under the kitchen sink and there is a hole in the wall near the window.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

We need to make sure that all Americans, not just the folks who happen to work on Wall Street, feel that we are digging ourselves out of the hole,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

But the reason why so many of these mortgage companies were making loans that banks couldn't make is because they had an ace in the hole, and their ace in the hole was Wall Street.

NPR: Will Interest-Rate Cut Really Help?

Make sure to stop by Hashem, the finest falafel cafe in the country bar none (it has a picture of King Hussein dining here on its wall, if you need any further recommendation) and Habibah, a hole-in-the-wall baker selling Palestinian knafeh, a syrupy vermicelli-like pastry that locals swear by.

BBC: Secret Amman

And the poster of Beck gazing down over the crib, covering the hole in the wall?

NEWYORKER: Great Experiment