Spending in rich countries, such as America and Britain, will flounder as long as households look to pay down the debts they acquired to buy expensive homes.

在诸如美国、英国这类富有国家里，只要家庭寻求支付购买昂贵住房的债务时，消费就会变的没有理性，漫无目的。

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If you splashed down in the Atlantic, you'd flounder on which way to swim.

如果你掉进了大西洋，一定会为分不清方向而焦急不已。

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Spending in rich countries, such as America and Britain, will flounder as long as households look to pay down the debts they acquired to buy expensive homes.

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As we strolled the pier with his staff and clambered down onto the beach, a seal swam just offshore between us and the silk curtains deployed to prevent winter flounder from spawning near the construction site.

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