Lately, each grape then represents a different month, so if for instance the third grape is a bit sour, March might be a rocky month.

而后，这项传统演变为：一粒葡萄代表每年的一个月。 所以，如果你吃到的第三粒葡萄有点酸，那么来年3月可能就不顺。

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The shopman offers you a third apple; but, before biting it, you examine it, and find that it is hard and green, and you immediately say that you will not have it, as it must be sour.

售货员给了你一个三等苹果，但是在吃它之前，你先检查，发现苹果又硬又生，然后你立即说你不要这个苹果，因为它一定是酸的。

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Bank stocks sold in single digits, which is where we all believed they belonged, at net asset value adjusted for Third World loans and sour real estate paper.

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