That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Several times at public executions in 1698 and 1699, he brushed the executioner away, grabbed the axe and did the dirty work himself, chopping off a head or two.

在1698年和1699年的数次公开行刑里,他轰走了刽子手,抄起斧子亲自动手,手刃了几个囚犯

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Give me some myth that we all know of, you know, Paul Bunyan's axe handle is something in American nature which I now no longer remember!

随便给我说一个大家都知道的故事，在美国文化中，Paul，Bunyan的斧柄算是一个,但我已经记不清了！

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

John took out his axe and cut down the tree.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

"To plant crops,we need a pick axe, machete and other tools."

VOA: standard.2010.04.02