STALL OUT. I had wanted to earn a doctoral degree for decades and finally saw an opportunity to do so. 停滞不前。几十年来，我一直想获得博士学位，现在终于有了机会。 When my mother heard about it, she said, Why? You'll be...
COME UP SHORT. It's the thought that counts. 徒劳无功。想法最重要。 LIGHT UP. As a rookie fireman, I was advised by the older firemen to start smoking. 点烟。作为一名新消防队员，老消防队员建议我开始吸烟。 They sai...
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. 试着成为别人云中的彩虹。在你知道建篱笆的原因之前，永远不要拆掉它。 Never ruin an apology with an excuse. All excel...
