In true folkloric tradition, the devil just so happens to be crouched behind the stove, and overhears Pakhom's prideful statement.

在真正的风俗传统中，魔鬼只会蜷缩在火炉的后面偷听pakhom的豪言壮语。

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His enemy was close behind him, and the bridge over the ravine was rotten and swaying. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, he hesitated.

敌人就在背后，而前面横跨在深谷之上的桥已经腐朽不堪，摇摇晃晃。他处在两难之中，犹豫了起来。

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They take food which they have brought with them into the vineyard and I am sorry to say leave the devil of a mess behind them.

真对不起，我不能不说他们把人家的地方搞得乱七八糟。

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But Butterworth's England is also soaked in the fiery poetry of myths of revolt - "and behind them bay the devil's army, and we are numberless".

BBC: News

Sometimes, the Devil was Death, who waited for you at a crossroads or behind some door you had been repeatedly warned against opening.

NEWYORKER: The Tiger��s Wife

The steep-faced cliff looming behind Jericho is where Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was then tempted by the Devil (Matthew 4:1-11).

BBC: A Biblical guide to the West Bank