The poem seems unusually self-conscious about the role that its similes play.

这首诗看起来不同于往常地,对明喻在其中扮演的角色有所自知。

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I mean, if you can just get over like being self-conscious, and just don't worry about being embarrassed

我认为，如果你能够克服害羞，并且不怕丢人，

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is don't be self-conscious about it.

是不要太害羞。

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