让他们先下手为强也就罢了，但如果他们暗中狠狠地打击我们的要害，我们就应该拿起一把斧头砍断他们的手。

It was all well and good to let them strike the first blow, but if they hit us hard below the belt, we should take an ax and cut their hands off.

youdao

她在对付那些讨厌的搭讪者时也总有一套，就是先下手为强：“我的丈夫是个雇佣军。

She also has a great tactic for dealing with unwanted chatups - go nuclear early: "My husband is a mercenary.

youdao

——你不采取行动抓住新的机遇，别人就会先下手为强。

Either you're going to take action and seize new opportunities, or someone else will first.

youdao

Such men have no other rule, but that of force and violence," listen to this, "So may be treated as beasts of prey those dangerous and noxious creatures that will be sure to destroy to you " if you fall into their power", so kill them first.

这种人除强力和暴力的法则之外，没有其他法则“,注意这里，“因此可以被当作猛兽，危险和有害的动物看待,要落在它们的爪牙之内,就一定会遭到毁灭，所以先下手为强。

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