The saying that looks like something the cat dragged in describes something in bad condition.

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As a young person, you should be enjoying your youth and not getting dragged in to some huge investment bank.

作为一个年轻人，你应该享受你的青春,而不是拖进投行的泥潭里。

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But, it ceased being funny, and it was nothing like the siege of Leningrad where something like a million people died in World War Two of starvation; but, there were all sorts of little caskets being dragged along to what passed then for mortuaries.

但是,这不再那么有趣了,而这和列宁格勒之围比就相形见绌了,二战时期的大概有一百万人,被活活饿死,但是,巴黎有各种棺材,被拖到太平间去

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