你怎么让我把好不容易挣得的硬币扔到井里？

How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?

youdao

大钱肯定是在做私人辩护律师时挣得的。

The big bucks are definitely in private practice.

youdao

于是我背着父母的反对辞职了，但他们看到我挣得的钱后也没有多说什么。

So I gave up my position. My folks objected, but they couldn't say much when they saw what I was making.

youdao

You are no good, inclined to drunkenness and routs and final disgraceful robbery of the fruits of my 'umble labors in the haberdashery.

你太糟糕了，常常喝得烂醉，跌跌撞撞地回来,把我辛辛苦苦挣来的东西抢走。

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