"You speak in riddles, learned Sir," said the pale minister, glancing aside out of the window.

“你是在打哑谜，博学的先生，”牧师斜瞥着窗外说。

youdao

Plato's books played a major role in founding Western culture but they are mysterious and end in riddles, "he said."

“柏拉图的书在建立西方文化中扮演了重要角色，但它们也很神秘还留下了千古之谜，”他说。

youdao

With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

我要与他面对面说话，乃是明说，不用谜语，并且他必见我的形象。你们毁谤我的仆人摩西，为何不惧怕呢？

youdao

More so when stories and movies create an aura of superhuman characters that are enigmatic and talk in riddles.

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Ideally, the kind of stock you want to hold is one with no definitive consensus, where management talks in riddles.

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But since riddles and thought experiments rely on imagining impossible realities, by choosing a riddle in the first place, the Rabbi is paradoxically introducing the young man to the value of magical thinking as well.

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