Are you sure? You said that with the testy bark of an old biddy.
你确定吗 你这口气听着像个暴躁的欧巴桑。
I have been obliged to wage unceasing war on the chicken or oak snakes. If I left them to themselves, we should never raise a biddy or a young Mallard duck. The snakes ignore nests of new-laid eggs through the winter.
我不得不对鸡蛇或橡树蛇进行无休止的战争。如果我把它们留给自己,我们就永远不会养一只小野鸭或一只小野鸭。整个冬天,蛇都会忽略新产卵的巢穴。
Our colloquialisms reveal a great deal : once you are old you are " fading fast " , " over the hill " , " out to pasture" , " down the drain" , " finished " , " out of date" an " old crock" , " fogy" , " geeze" , " biddy" .
你一旦老,便" 很快枯萎" ," 走
坡路" ," 靠边站" ," 徒劳 无功" ," 完蛋
" ," 过时
" ,是个" 老废物" ," 老古板" ," 怪老头儿" 或" 长舌婆。