To see a world in a grain of sand

从一粒沙子看到一个世界

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They can be as tiny as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball.

大小可细如沙粒也可大似高尔夫球。

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Tired of the mountain is not far away, but a grain of sand in my shoes.

使人疲惫的不是远方的高山，而是鞋里的一粒沙子。

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There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

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