Grand pianos became a currency or sorts as pauperized members of the civil service elites traded the symbols of their old status for a sack of potatoes and a side of bacon.

大钢琴成为一种货币，申领救济金的公务员们可以用这一往日地位的象征，换得一袋土豆或一片培根。

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The delivery man tramped in with a sack of potatoes across his shoulders.

送货的人肩上扛着一袋土豆脚步沉重地走了进来。

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There was a sack of potatoes in the corner of the barn.

在谷仓的角落里有一袋土豆。

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Hauling a sack of potatoes around is cumbersome, and you have to find someone who has something you want who simultaneously wants a sack of potatoes, or the deal won't work.

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Think of the frontier doctor who took a chicken and a sack of potatoes for delivering a baby.

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Bernie Fernandez chokes up remembering how he boarded the plane in a shirt and pants cut out from a sack of potatoes.

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