Sometimes a market trader would put a cat in his bag and pretend it was a pig to fool the customer! So if someone lets the cat out of the bag, the secret would be open to us.

有时一个市场商人会把一只猫放在他的包里，假装它是一只猪来愚弄顾客！所以如果有人让猫从包里出来，秘密就会为我们所知。

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Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool.

"工科学生应该是实用性和理性的典范，但是当谈到我的大学教育时，我便是一个理想主义者和一个傻瓜。

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I'd be a fool to turn it down.

我要是拒绝就太蠢了。

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That's the whole thing about being a kook,I mean, being willing to be a beginner, make a fool out of oneself once in a while."

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It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

当痛苦的人,胜过当快乐的猪;,当痛苦的苏格拉底胜过当快乐的傻瓜。

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There's an angler fish at the bottom of the ocean that has a rod sticking up from the top of its head with a lure to capture other fish to fool them in thinking that this is something edible and then to themselves be devoured.

在深海中生活着琵琶鱼,这种鱼的头顶会长出鱼竿状的长刺,用于引诱和捕获其他鱼类,让它们误认为那是食物,然后它们自己就被吃掉了。

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You may be able to fool the voters, but you will not be able to fool the bond market.

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"You would have to be a fool not to see how much the team has gone on from that point two years ago, " said England and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard.

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