Then he went to the girl and said, "my child, if I do not chop off both of your hands, then the devil will take me away, and in my fear I have promised him to do this."

他走到女儿跟前，对她说：“我的孩子，假如我不砍掉你的手，恶魔就要把我抓走，我吓坏了，就答应了他。”

youdao

The devil tries to take the daughter but can’t – because she is pure, so he threatens to take the father unless the daughter allows her father to chop off her hands.

女儿太纯洁了，魔鬼无法带走她，于是又要挟女儿，除非女儿允许自己父亲剁碎自己双手，否则将带走父亲。

youdao

So you're trading one devil which is the dilution that you might take, for another devil which is having the bank as your partner.

所以，这就是在两件棘手的事中做交易，一方面是有可能的股本权益下降，另一方面是让银行成你的合伙人。

youdao

I'm a propagandist for the idea that if everybody says, "The devil take the hindmost, " the devil soon works his way to the head of the line.

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