"That was no fairy tale, 'tis true," said old Nanny, "but now it's coming."

“这的确不是一个童话，”接骨木树妈妈说。“可是现在它来了。”

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The old wives' tale that a woman loses one tooth for every child she delivers may, in fact, contain a grain of truth.

女人每生一个孩子就掉一颗牙这种无稽之谈事实上可能包含一点点真理。

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Even if you don't believe that jewelry can be cursed, I've heard an old wives' tale that claims engagement rings are supposed to carry the energy of the marriage from whence they came.

即使你不相信戒指会被诅咒，我倒可以说说曾听过的一个老妇人的传言。她说，订婚戒指带着来自上一段婚姻的魔力。

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This hamlet consisted of three houses, the kind that appears in an old tale.

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That was an old wives' tale.

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Next came the collapse of Gescartera, a stockbroking house run by an ambitious financier, he too with well-placed friends: a complex tale of greed, nepotism and fraud that cast a vivid light on Spain's traditional old-boy network in business.

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