Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.

生活就象洋葱：你一层一层拨开就会发现里面什么也没有。

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Peel the onion and cut it in half lengthwise.

剥掉洋葱皮并把它纵向切成两半。

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Peel and thinly slice the onion.

剥掉洋葱皮，然后切成薄片。

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"It was like a giant jigsaw puzzle and the more we started to unearth and peel back the onion of who this guy was and what happened to him in the past and trying to truly understand the reason why he would be so obsessed with a specific case once we start to uncover these things about him we realized that once we explain one set of circumstances we needed to go even further with another set of circumstances."

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As we peel the onion, they discover that these problems often stem from harsh dealings they experienced as children at the hand of their fathers (and mothers), and an overall lack of support and encouragement from authority figures in their younger years.

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The essence and elegance of No Child Left Behind is that we are going to peel back the onion and hold ourselves accountable.

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Every time we peel a layer, the onion seems to be getting bigger.

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