He does not mourn the demise of that world liberated from court etiquette, he says, he can call someone an "idiot" if he wants, instead of "Your Excellency".

他说，他不会为这个从宫廷礼仪中解放出来的世界的消亡而哀悼，如果他愿意，他可以称某人为“白痴”，而不是“阁下”。

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I do not want to stand there and have nothing to do just like an idiot.

不想让自己站在大堂里像个白痴一般没事可干。

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"If Ecclestone says he was an idiot, I will certainly not contradict him, " Dieter Graumann, vice president of the council, told Handesblatt newspaper.

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Microsoft employees quake all year at the prospect of their annual meetings with Bill Gates, where even being shouted at would not hurt as much as seeming to be an idiot.

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It is about suggesting, if only hinting, that Obama and not George W. Bush, ATMs, or an idiot in California, might at least be somewhat responsible for what is happening in the world.

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