From the start the Coen brothers have been clever mischief-makers, repeatedly pulling the rug from under their characters and the audience alike.

在电影《血迷宫》中，科恩兄弟从一开始就设下层层圈套，让观众不断颠覆对剧中人物的看法。

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With euro interest rates rising,the housing bubble could well burst, pulling the rug out from under a construction sector that accounts for 16% of GDP and 12% of employment.

随着欧元利率的上升，房地产业的泡沫可能就会因此破裂，这对占GDP比重达16%、提供12%就业的建筑业来讲无疑会是釜底抽薪。

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With euro interest rates rising, the housing bubble could well burst, pulling the rug out from under a construction sector that accounts for 16% of GDP and 12% of employment.

随着欧元利率的上升，房地产业的泡沫可能就会因此破裂，这对占gdp比重达16%、提供12%就业的建筑业来讲无疑会是釜底抽薪。

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Meanwhile, the real is pulling the rug out from under many Brazilian firms from shoe makers to soy farmers.

FORBES: Brazil's Strengthening Currency Poses Competition Problem

We are pulling the rug out from under the unemployed too soon, to the detriment of unemployed workers and their families.

CNN: Don't pull plug on the long-term unemployed

The government is under attack by the great, the good and the worthy for pulling the rug from underneath the nation's charities.

BBC: Charity tax: Wanted - a solution