But can we agree that this is pretty thin gruel?

但是，能不能同意，这样想还不够？

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LIFE in the modern West is thin gruel for writers.

现代西方的生活对于作家来说就是淡淡的粥。

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Congee is a thin gruel, containing little nourishment.

稀粥里的营养少得可怜，算是很低的要求了。

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Comment: Granted some of this, like Proposal 10, is thin gruel.

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But this is relatively thin gruel compared with the recent past.

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