Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course—keeping Mother at home, postponing the operation—would have turned out better.

因为他们采取的行动结果很糟糕，他们认为相反的做法——让母亲呆在家里，推迟手术——会有更好的结果。

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At the time I laughed because that wasn't true at all. In fact, it was quite opposite.

那时我大笑了，因为并不是那样的，实际上可以说完全相反。

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The Pushme-Pullyu animal was always heading in the opposite direction at the same time, because he had one head on one end of his body and another head on the opposite end of his body.

那头双头奇兽“推我-拉你”总是在同一个时间往相反的方向前进，因为他身体两端都各自有一个脑袋。

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But let's look at the truth, because the truth is just the opposite.

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