Seeing work as just something to do to get by is like slapping yourself in the face.

把工作视为勉强维持生计就好像在打你自己的脸。

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He was slapping his tambourine against his maroon wide-wale corduroys, a flap of shaggy brown hair lapping at his face, his eyes closed.

他正闭着眼睛，向自己身上穿的酱紫色粗条灯芯绒衣服上拍打手鼓 一缕褐色的头发不羁地搭在脸上，随着节奏上下抖动。

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Slapping his face was a childish act.

打他的耳光是幼稚的举动。

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Ben Franklin should have had an agent In his Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Simon Schama recounts how merchants of the 18th century exploited Benjamin Franklin's fame, slapping his face on inkwells, porcelain, even dolls, without his permission.

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Royden Cope, 63, was accused of restraining the boy by his wrists and then slapping him across the face.

BBC: Prosecution of deputy head teacher Royden Cope defended

And before Stoke could even restart, they were reduced to 10 men as Fuller was shown a straight red card for slapping his captain Griffin in the face.

BBC: West Ham 2-1 Stoke