I am deeply disappointed but not that surprised - we were just waiting for the axe to fall.

我深深地失望，但并不惊讶——我们都在等着斧子落下。

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In those months of waiting, whether for the axe to fall or for happiness to strike I do not know, it was your voice and the tug of Joey's fingers that pulled me through.

那些等待的日子是痛苦还是幸福，我无从得知，是你的声音和乔伊的陪伴使我最终度过了那段艰难的岁月。

youdao

It will be his job to decide where the budgetary axe will fall.

他的工作是来决定预算消减要在哪里降低。

youdao

The people of Yusufeli have been waiting for the axe to fall for some time.

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The budget pushed the administration's financial reserves to the limit, he said, adding that the opposition will have to explain where the axe should fall if they want to spend money elsewhere.

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That advice has become so ingrained that people assume the axe is going to fall as soon as you Tweet something critical about your manager or write a Facebook status update chronicling the ten reasons you hate your boss.

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