这样一种恶毒的谎言简直是暗箭伤人。

Such a vicious lie could be nothing but a stab in the back.

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但是如果大家觉得她应该为了一个恶毒的谎言而难逃惩罚时，耐风先生的行为可算是罄竹难书了。

But if she is regarded as incapacitated enough to escape punishment for a vicious and harmful lie, then the behavior of Nifong in going forward on her slim testimony is all the worse.

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这位在《白宫风云》(The West Wing)中扮演帅哥山姆•希伯恩(Sam Seaborn)的电影明星刚刚将两名曾在他家工作的保姆告上法庭，指控她们散布“恶毒的谎言”及勒索。

The actor, who played the gorgeous Sam Seaborn in The West Wing, has just filed lawsuits against two ex-nannies accusing them respectively of spreading “malicious lies” and of blackmail.

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