In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

愚妄人口中骄傲，如杖责打己身。智慧人的嘴，必保守自己。

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And thus for keeping those bones from winding up in the mouth of a hungry mammal. Sorry, Sylvester.

甚至还能帮它从饥饿的哺乳动物口中逃脱，真是对不起了，小猫西尔威斯特。

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Now Albanians are chuckling at headlines that have them dancing in the mouth of the crocodile (the European Union).

现在的阿尔巴尼亚人则看着关于他们在鳄鱼(欧盟)嘴边跳舞的新闻忍俊不禁。

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The taste of empire is in the mouth of the people."

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It's a very powerful argument that, in a way, Socrates makes against himself, putting that speech in the mouth of the laws.

这是很有力的申论，在某种程度上，苏格拉底自我违抗，转而以法律的立场说话。

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But it gets back to the question, are the reasons Socrates gives Crito for refusing to escape, the reasons he puts in the mouth of the laws of the city of Athens, ? are those Socrates' true reasons?

但这带回到那个问题，到底苏格拉底给克里托,拒绝越狱的理由，他以雅典城邦法律立场,所说的理由，是苏格拉底真正的理由吗？

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Of course, much, if not all of Simpson-Bowles leaves a bad taste in the mouth of partisan politicians.

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Experts say it was customary to place a coin in the mouth of an inhumation as a fare for the ferryman Charon for safe passage across the River Styx in the afterlife.

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