Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?

为什么要用汤匙，表哥？而不用斧头？

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I made do with some peanut butter, scooped directly from the jar with a forefinger: why dirty a spoon?

我用花生酱凑合一下，直接用食指从罐子里舀出：何必还要弄脏勺子？

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And they don't have to deal with a growling, red-faced news editor demanding to know why they didn't get a story that had been spoon-fed to a rival, more PR-friendly paper.

他们也不用面对面红耳赤的新闻编辑的咆哮，质问他们为何那家对公关公司更为友善的竞争报纸能得到惠顾获取新闻，而他们却得不到同样的消息。

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