In England's case, England goes out of every single World Cup and every single European competition because it loses on penalty kicks, usually to Germany, it has to be said.

拿英格兰做例子吧,英格兰每次在世界杯或者欧洲杯中出局,都因为栽到了点球上,尤其是对阵德国的时候

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they get in a rut and they can't get back up.

他们就栽进去了，出不来了。

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