They had planed to go outing, but the heavy rain brought their plan down about their ears.

他们本来计划去郊游，可是大雨是他们的计划落空了。

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They had planned to go outing, but the heavy rain brought their plan down about their ears.

他们本来计划去郊游，可是大雨使他们的计划落空了。

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After so many years of loving each other, the old couple were divorced recently and their happiness came crashing about their ears.

彼此相爱了那么多年之后，这对老夫妇最近却离婚了，他们的幸福彻底破坏了。

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Along come CD writers and MP3s and the market collapses about their ears.

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On the paths between buildings, mule deer wander about, nibbling at potted plants and twitching their ears as rumpled engineers shuffle past, lost in calculation.

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