I tore my coat on a nail.

我的外套在一个钉子上挂破了。

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A mirror hung on a nail above the sink.

镜子挂在水池上方的一枚钉子上。

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He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall.

他把上衣挂在凸出墙面的一根钉子上。

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He wrote: For want of a nail, the shoe is lost For want of a shoe, the horse is lost For want of a horse, the rider is lost.

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There's a famous saying, "If you're good with a hammer, everything looks like a nail."

正像一句名言说的那样，如果你很会用锤子，那么一切看上去都是钉子“

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And to give you a size perspective, that is about the size of my pinky finger nail, 4 mm on the side.

这个芯片，有我的手指甲那么大，边长4毫米。

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An ancient drawing of a gladiator has been carved into the rock, probably with a nail.

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She once visited the emergency room with a puncture wound from a nail in her foot.

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Well, if all you've got in your toolbox is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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