You cannot climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts.

你不能想着山下的事情爬山。

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The beginning was flat, then there is a climb uphill to about 1500 meters.

开始是一段平坦的路，接着开始爬上海拔1500米的山岭。

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It is easier to go downhill than to climb uphill, so it is easier to fall into bad habits than into good ones.

下山容易上山难，同样，养成坏习惯容易，而养成好习惯难。

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Even for someone fit, the climb uphill is testing.

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Which means the people behind The Atavist have an uphill climb ahead of them.

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The problem for Fed Chairman Bernanke is that now the tightrope is an uphill climb.

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