If 99% constituted wood of the wooden pail is all long, having only one short piece, so the water in the wooden pail flowing out from the short piece is also a very natural matter.

如果构成木桶的木头99%都是长的，惟独有一块是短的，那么木桶里的水从短木头处流走也是十分自然的事。

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Pour spoonful foul water into a pail of wine, those who get still is a pail of sewage.

如果把一匙污水倒进一桶酒，得到的还是一桶污水。

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We were each given a metal pail and a gigantic ladle for dishing out a hot soup of water, offal and bones.

WSJ: Learning to Dog Sled in Bavaria, Germany