"God made the vittles but the devil made the cook," was a popular saying used by seafaring men in the 19th century when salted beef was staple diet aboard ship.
“上帝创造了世界，魔鬼创造了厨子”是十九世纪海员们经常说得一句话。因为当时他们的主食是腌制的牛肉。
Obama's call on Wall Street yesterday to support "the most ambitious overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression" is welcome – but the devil, as ever, will be in the detail.
奥巴马昨天呼吁华尔街支持“自大萧条以来最雄心勃勃的金融系统改造”，这一呼吁受到了欢迎—但是与往常一样“魔鬼”存在于细节。
The devil may have a lot of power, but unless he has a sledgehammer, Sucre doubts he can help them get through the wall.
也许这个恶魔图像是有魔力，但是如果没有大锤，他不相信它可以帮助他们打通这墙。
Now when harvest time came the devil appeared and wanted to take away his crop, but he found nothing except the yellow withered leaves, and the happy peasant dug up his turnips.
现在收获的季节到了，魔鬼又来了，要求收回属于他的收成。但除了那些枯黄的败叶外，他一无所获；而农夫却在兴高采烈地挖着他的萝卜。
The devil was quite satisfied with that, but the cunning peasant had planted turnips.
魔鬼感到心满意足，但这位聪明的农夫却种上了萝卜。
Scientists can make rough guesses of what they may be, but the deterministic devil is in the details.
科学家能粗略推测出上述数据，但决定性的祸端则藏在细节中。
The human experience is so similar, and yes, I know the details are vastly different, and that the devil lies in the details, but, we still share the same weight on our shoulders.
每个人的经历都是如次得相似，而各中细节却有非常大的不同，我知道魔鬼其实就存在于细小的差别中，但是我们依旧同享一片蓝天，共同生活在同一个屋檐下。
But that they'll find it hard to make lasting progress if news from the United States and especially Europe keeps periodically scaring the devil out of investors.
但是，如果来自美国尤其是欧洲的消息老是周而复始地让投资者惊魂的话，它们就很难取得长久的进展。
But Tituba confessed, "The Devil came to me and bid me serve him."
但提图芭供认道：“魔鬼来找我，要我为他服务。”
With the profile of a dinosaur and the texture of a rose bush, a thorny devil in Alice Springs Desert Park looks like trouble, but this slow-moving, six- inch [15-centimeter] lizard eats only ants.
长着恐龙的外形和一身的刺犹如一丛玫瑰，这样一个棘手的恶魔在阿丽斯春天的沙漠公园里看似麻烦，但他动作缓慢，六英寸[15厘米]蜥蜴只吃蚂蚁。
In the Devil Wears Prada, the Prada dress only appears once on Meryl Streep, but it turns out to be the most striking AD in the whole movie.
在《穿Prada的女魔头》中，梅丽尔·斯特里普其实只穿了1次Prada，但最终却成了整部电影里最显著的广告。
One tradition calls it "the Devil," another tradition calls it "Satan," but it is in fact nothing but a metaphor for the mind.
一个传统叫它“魔鬼”，另一个传统叫它“撒旦”，但实际上无非都是对头脑的一个暗喻。
According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil.
根据民间故事，杰克去世后，他被拒绝进入天堂，因为他的罪恶行径，但他也拒绝进入地狱，因为他骗了魔鬼。
I don't like Mr Jones, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a good boss.
我不喜欢琼斯先生，但平心而论，我得承认他是个好老板。
He is very unreliable; but to give the devil his due, he is a first-class mechanic.
他很不可靠；但平心而论，他是一流的机械师。
But to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is a pretty talented person.
不过说句公道话，我得承认他是个很有才华的人。
But you don't have to sell your soul or make a deal with the devil to improve your English.
但是你想提高英语可不用出卖灵魂或与魔鬼交易。
I don't like my English teacher, but to give the devil his due, I must admit that he is good teacher.
我不喜欢我的英语老师，但平心而论，我必须承认他是个好老师。
The Tasmanian devil is small, but stocky and muscular and leads the GTMS Team Australia attack. This beast shows no mercy against his opponents and is on the offense always.
塔斯马尼亚魔鬼虽小，但健壮肌肉发达，他将领导澳大利亚队的攻击，塔斯马尼亚魔鬼永远不会显示对对手的怜悯。
An English proverb says, "God sends meat and the devil sends cooks," meaning cooks often spoil food in preparing it; but there are cooks and cooks.
一个英语谚语是：“上帝赐给事物，魔鬼送来厨子。意思是厨子常常把饭做坏了。但是厨师有好有坏。”
Englishmen start galloping to the devil, but as they grow older, they nearly always change horse and amble along gently to respectability.
英国人生下地便朝魔鬼那儿跑，可是等到年纪大了，他们几乎总是换骑徐辔缓行地朝尊荣走去。
I'll try not to rehash too many bad memories for Mets fans, but he was later traded to the then-Devil Rays.
我会试著不提起大都会球迷不好的回忆，但是他稍后被交易到当时的魔鬼鱼队。
But he says his client also acknowledges that he 'drank to excess.' Mr. Watanabe 'takes full responsibility for his condition at the time... he's not saying the devil made me do it.
但他说，渡边也承认自己“饮酒过度”，对当时的身体状况负有完全责任，他并没有说是魔鬼驱使他过度饮酒的。
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, the Lord rebuke thee.
天使长米迦勒，为摩西的尸首与魔鬼争辩的时候，尚且不敢用毁谤的话罪责他，只说，主责备你吧。
But if Roosevelt wants to send English arms free of charge, why the devil doesn't he come out and say so, instead of giving us all this lend-lease baloney?
不过要是罗斯福有意向英国免费赠送军人，他为什么不干脆站出来直说，何必拿这个《租借法案》来哄骗我们？
She could not believe it, and wrote to the king again, but she got back the same answer, because each time the devil substituted a false letter.
因此又写了一封信给国王，可是没有回音。因为恶魔每次都把信换了。
She could not believe it, and wrote to the king again, but she got back the same answer, because each time the devil substituted a false letter.
因此又写了一封信给国王，可是没有回音。因为恶魔每次都把信换了。
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