They were hired hands and lickspittles.

他们是些雇佣的下手和马屁精。

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The shepherd or his hired hands must do it for them.

干这个的是牧羊人或者牧羊人雇来的帮手。

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The hired hands were paid off at the end of the harvest season.

收割一结束，雇工们就被结清工钱解雇了。

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If you want to really understand this in a practical sense, it's more as though these guys are hired hands.

用更现代点的观点来解读,他们更像是雇农

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So well did these hired hands do that they recouped most of their costs.

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And maybe it is time to remind ourselves -- and to remind them -- that they are, in fact, hired hands.

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