said the Justice. "Roll it up," the man ordered, "and stick it in the end of this here gun barrel.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

"All politics grows out of the barrel of a gun," as a famous twentieth-century Machiavellian once put it.

所有的政治都是活在枪杆子下“,这是二十世纪一位著名,马奇亚维利派学者的解译。

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We've just hit $100 barrel price of oil, but what does that mean?

石油价格已经到了100美元一桶,这意味着什么呢

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The man who sells me wine said he had a rare barrel of Amontillado wine.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

But,clearly,fish in a barrel would be much easier to shoot than fish in a stream.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

It is hard to imagine why anyone would want to shoot fish in a barrel.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

He refused.Lincoln believed that starting an investigation would be like lighting a barrel of gunpowder.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

Less than 6 months ago, oil traded at a record 147 dollars a barrel.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

It said Harrison would be happier with a 2,000 dollar a year pension, a barrel of hard cider to drink, and a log cabin to live in.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

Now, oil is trading for less than 40 dollars a barrel.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Another expression is "as easy as shooting fish in a barrel."

VOA: special.2009.06.07

In 1835, a barrel of flour cost 6 dollars.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

This was called "pork barrel" spending.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

The International Energy Agency has predicted a potential seven million barrel per day gap between supply and demand by 2015.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"But,the point of the international community is that those are not to be dealt with at the end of the barrel of a gun, but,instead,through legal proceedings."

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Experts say production has dropped about a third since he came to office, robbing the country of the full financial benefit that could have accrued in 2008, when global oil prices peaked around $140 a barrel.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06