有句老古话说的好：“我们都是自己身份的囚徒，被自己建造的监狱给俘虏。”

I guess it's like they all said at old days " We are captives of our own identities, living in prisons of our own creation."

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我听说村中有许多人在街上走走，都走得迷了路，那是在黑暗最浓厚的时候，正如老古话所说，黑得你可以用刀子一块一块把它割下来。

I have heard of many going astray even in the village streets, when the darkness was so thick that you could cut it with a knife, as the saying is.

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有许多夫妇在经历了长久的婚姻后选择分手，当我撰写一本有关这个话题的书时，我发现一句法国的老古话说得非常贴切：“当局者清，旁观者迷。

THERE’S an old French expression I found useful when I wrote a book about couples who divorced after long marriages: “I wasn’t holding the candle.”

youdao

有许多夫妇在经历了长久的婚姻后选择分手，当我撰写一本有关这个话题的书时，我发现一句法国的老古话说得非常贴切：“当局者清，旁观者迷。

THERE’S an old French expression I found useful when I wrote a book about couples who divorced after long marriages: “I wasn’t holding the candle.”

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