My mother and dad taught me never to tell a lie. So I feel guilty every time I tell even a little white lie, although I do it just to make somebody feel better.
这个人说:“我爸爸妈妈总是教我绝对不能说谎话。因此,每当我说一点谎,即便是为了让某人感到好受一点而说谎的时候,我都好像做错了事一样。” 今天我们讲了两个和黑和白,也就是 black and white 有关的俗语。它们是a black sheep 和 a white lie。「美国习惯用语」第二十八讲就到里。欢迎下次再一起来学习美国习惯用语。再见。
Proving that is hard. Ask people about this sort of thing and they will lie—even to themselves.
要证明上述情况有点困难,因为当人们处于上述情况时,他们会对自己说谎。
To sum up, one should think before speaking, even when it means deciding between the truth and a lie.
总之,开口说话之前应该先思考,即使这就意味着必须决定要说实话还是要说谎。
Many of them fail to explode immediately and can lie hidden for years, killing and maiming civilians, including children, even decades after the original conflict is over.
很多集束炸弹并没有立即爆炸,可能潜伏长达数年,甚至在冲突结束数十年后,炸死炸伤平民,其中包括儿童。
In the months and years afterwards I lopped off even more hair and changed my wardrobe to reflect my apathy rather then this lie I was trying to convince everyone of.
随后的几个月以至几年中,我剪掉了更多的头发,并且把自己的衣橱改造成能真实反映我的冷漠态度的样子,而非之前我试图说服世人的那个谎言。
Women are unable to understand why do men cheat and lie, even when they're trying to give their best.
女人们不能理解男人们为什么要欺骗她们、对她们撒谎,甚至是当他们正努力的去给她们最好的的时候。
And DePaulo finds that dating couples lie to each other in about a third of their interactions-perhaps even more often than they deceive other people.
德保罗发现,正在约会的男女在大约三分之一的互动中欺骗对方,比例远高于欺骗其他人。
Even on my own campus, few seem to care about newspapers anymore; sections of the school paper lie in puddles, and muddy shoe prints soil the pages that took the editors weeks to complete.
我所在的校园里,已经很少有人会去关心报纸。 零散的校报散落在水里,页面被沾有泥巴的鞋子踏过,留下串串脚印,但是很少人人会想,这些校报是编辑花费数周心血的创作。
When you are ready to exercise, you can even get a special type of stroller to take your baby jogging or lie on the floor next to your baby to do crunches and push-ups.
二是买一辆特制婴儿车,这样你就可以推着他一起慢跑,或者把孩子放在婴儿车里,你在旁边做仰卧起坐和俯卧撑。
It wouldn’t be such a good feeling – even if you could keep the lie going, and continue to receive the praise.
他提到,假设人们误认为你做了某事而赞扬了你, 事实上你知道你根本没有做,但你却会感觉良好,且宁愿不去戳破谎言,继续享受赞扬;
I'll obey you, even if I have to lie down and die.
我会服从的,即使是你要我躺下死去也行。
But the prerequisite is to Plott lie even to recognize themselves and the devil from the "crime" to preserve his own name itself, the end of a decent case.
但前提条件竟然是要普洛特撒谎,承认自己与恶魔来往的“罪行”,以保全自己的名身,体面的终结此案。
'She is totally pure!' he replied, and felt that he had to tell that lie, even if he went to hell there and then for it.
“她是完全纯洁的!”他回答道,他觉得自己一定要撒那个谎,哪怕他要为此在此时此地下地狱。
Until you get so depressed that you lie down and beg the earthtoswallow you up or, even worse, become addicted to BillyJoelsongs.
最末你失望地躺在地上,祈求地球将你吞没,或是沉浸在比利。乔的蓝调音乐外不能自拔。
Even when it might not be the most pleasant news to tell a woman, it is better for a man to be open and honest than to tell a lie.
虽然有时把实情说出会让人不愉快,但是对男人而言,公开和诚实比说谎可要好得多。
Even if your lie never comes back to bite you and even if you are certain that you wouldn't have closed a particular deal without having told a lie, your dishonesty has hurt you.
即使你的谎言没有报复你,你也确定这不耽误你做业务——不诚实也是坑了你的。 。
After your boss finds out you lied on your resume and then continued to lie through the weeks, months or even years of your tenure there, chances are quite good he will fire you.
老板发现你简历造假,并且你任职以来的几周、几个月甚至几年中,你都在说谎,那么他很可能会解雇你。
If you're doing really well, try sitting on the bottom of the pool and watch your bubbles rising to the surface. Or even harder, lie on your back on the bottom and watch the bubbles.
如果你真的做得很好,试着坐在池底并观察你吐出的气泡泡慢慢升到水面。
The oldest one said, "Father, then the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that whenever I lie down to sleep, and a drop falls into my eyes, I will not even close them so that I can fall asleep."
老大说:“父亲,那这个王位应该属于我了,因为我很懒,不管时候躺下就能睡着,即使有东西落在我的眼里,使我不能闭上眼睛,我也会继续睡觉的。”
Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary — to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.
不过,很多人也认为,谎言是避免无谓的争论、缓和人际关系的必要手段。
Xin Bei's brother and sister-in-law intend to migrate and secretly arrange to sell the house and even lie to their father to get money on the pretext of their company being in the red.
欣北的大哥胜东和妻子艳梅打算移民,趁父母不在,找房屋经纪带人上门来看房子,还谎称公司有困难,骗走父亲一笔钱。
Until I get so depressed that you lie down and beg the earth to swallow I up or, even worse, become addicted to Billy Joel songs.
直到我十分沮丧,但你躺下,并谨此地球吞下我了,甚至更糟糕,上瘾比利乔歌曲。
Until I get so depressed that you lie down and beg the earth to swallow I up or, even worse, become addicted to Billy Joel songs.
直到我十分沮丧,但你躺下,并谨此地球吞下我了,甚至更糟糕,上瘾比利乔歌曲。
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