这是说,人们往往为小事争吵不休,从而失去了最重要的东西。
It is said that people often trivial bickering, thus losing the most important things.
使这个国家崩溃的可靠办法…就是允许它成为一个为小事争吵不休的乱糟糟的国家(西奥多·罗斯福)。
The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin. would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities Theodore Roosevelt.
有一天他们俩为一些很愚蠢的小事情争吵撕打起来。
One day, they were arguing and fighting over some silly little thing.
他们总是为一些小事而争吵。
我为一些小事而争吵,我的声音很大,行为粗暴,但这种声音仍然有规则地增强。
I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased.
他们为这样一件小事而争吵。
有一次,爸爸妈妈为一件小事而争吵。
Once, father and mother quarrel endlessly for a little problem.
为小事而争吵是愚蠢的。
那些孩子们总是为小事而争吵。
汤姆:你们两个总为一些小事争吵。
后来有一次,他们为一件小事争吵后,他走出了她的房间。一天,两天,三天,她等待着他转身。
One day, they again quarreled at something small and he walked out of her room.
他们为一点小事争吵起来。
这已经不是我们第一次为一些小事接连不断地发生争吵了。
It 's not for the first time that we have continual arguments with each other for trifles.
隔壁的那对夫妇老是为一些小事争吵。
他们为芝麻小事争吵。
他们为芝麻小事争吵。
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