He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley.

他否认自己在理解力或才智方面，像杰出的赫克兹利那样有什么过人之处。

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Your wit is as thick as Tewkesbury Mustard.

你的智慧像图克斯伯里芥末一样厚。

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Your wit, sir, is as thick as Tewkesbury Mustard,"

你的智慧，先生，像图克斯伯里芥末一样让人想流泪。”

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" As one wit said, "it would be easier to regard journalism as a public good if the public thought it was any good.

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Heady stuff indeed, but Ives, a wire-thin man who favors gin martinis as dry as his wit, is enjoying quite a bit of limelight after steadily building an unorthodox career first as a playwright of one-act comedies and lately as a sought-after theatrical medic.

WSJ: Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly

Among Chicago's Nobel savages, as a wit described them, are Milton Friedman (1976) and Robert Lucas (1995).

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