He paused; apparently to turn that last idea over in his mind and taste the juice of it; then he went on: the sheriff that lets a mob take a prisoner away from him is the lowest-down coward there is.

他停了停，显然是把最后一句话再琢磨一遍，回味一下——他接著说：“如果县警官让暴民从他手里夺走了一个囚犯，他就是一个最不称职的胆小鬼。”

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"Joe Pesci always said I'd end up with my feet in cement - I don't think this is what he had in mind, " the actor joked, referring to his co-star in the mob movie Goodfellas.

BBC: Robert De Niro cemented in Hollywood