Life is like a mop, using today to mop up yesterday and wipe out tomorrow.

生命就像抹布用今天擦去昨天擦亮明天。

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After 34 years as a retailing executive, Mr. Winterhalter says, he thinks like a manager: 'I don't like to mop the floor' but prefer to supervise others.

温特哈尔特先生说，在当了34年零售经理后，他的思维方式就像一位经理：“我不喜欢拖地板”，而更愿意管理别人。

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Ms. Winterhalter says she likes to jump in and perform tasks herself: 'I like to mop the floor, and I think I can do a better job' than many employees.

温特哈尔特夫人说，她喜欢亲力亲为，自己完成任务：“我喜欢拖地板，而且我认为我能（比许多员工）干得 更好。”

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Indeed, Oreck has been passed along like a wet mop.

WSJ: Sucking Oreck Dry

The director, Xavier Dolan, also co-stars as Francis, a young man who, with his best friend, Marie (Monia Chokri), hovers swoonfully around Nicolas (Niels Schneider), an impulsive, model-like party animal whose mop of golden curls hides the blithering emptiness of his gaze as he leads them on a merry chase of erotic desperation while basking in their adulation.

NEWYORKER: Heartbeats