My grandfather might be in his eighties but he is as tough as old boots.

我的祖父虽然已经八十多岁了，但他的身体依然硬朗。

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I never catch anything-not even old boots.

我从未钓到任何东西——连旧靴子也钓不着。

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I never catch anything — not even old boots.

我什么东西也未钓到过——就连旧靴子也没有。

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"I rank him alongside Mike Brearley, because they were both charming people on the surface, but underneath they were as tough as old boots, " said Boycott in his Daily Telegraph column.

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Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University Los Angeles, noted that old-fashioned boots-on-the-ground union campaigning won out in the hotly contested Zimmer-Anderson race.

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Wear wellies or rubber boots, old clothes and bring moist towelettes for wiping hands down after.

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