乔大叔花了毕生的积蓄去盘一家店铺，可是买卖亏损，全部老本都赔光了。
Uncle Joe spent his life savings to buy a store, but it failed, and he lost his shirt.
评估一个被打破的承诺：一个承诺可能是被明显地打破，例如，乔伊大叔承诺来参加你的30岁的生日聚会，但是他没有来。
Assessing a broken promise: a promise can be broken obviously, for example, Uncle Joe promises to come to your 30th birthday party, and he doesn't get there.
很快，山姆大叔就取代了乔纳森大哥，成了最受美国人欢迎的象征。
Uncle Sam soon replaced Brother Jonathan as American's most popular symbol.
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