和任何一个卖东西的人的每一次交谈，都是一部充满痛苦和虚张声势的哑剧。

Every conversation with anyone selling anything is a pantomime of pain and bluff.

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那不过是虚张声势的威胁。

It was more of an idle threat than anything.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

考虑到欧内斯特·海明威的地位，关于他的少量研究都集中在试图揭开他虚张声势的面具上。

What little scholarship has existed on Ernest Hemingway—considering his stature—has focused on trying to unmask the man behind the bravura.

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