Other bidders made little secret of their intention to wield the axe.

而其它竞标者挥动大斧裁员的意图昭然若揭。

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Kujin: Quroq is conqueror: he thinks to wield the axe and bones in the same hand. Gotai… this is not our way…

库金：魁洛克简直就是个掠夺者：他以为可以把耍斧头和听从神谕之骨混为一谈。苟泰…这不是我们要走的路。

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Another bold idea, mooted more by observers than by those who would have to wield the axe, is dismissing forthwith any MP found to have fiddled.

另一个大胆的构想，由旁观者而非那些必须挥舞斧头的人所提出的，是马上开除所有被发现有欺骗行为的议员。

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It would be unworldly to expect a government on the eve of an election to be explicit about its intended cuts, and the depths of a recession are not the place to wield the axe anyway.

ECONOMIST: Politics and the British budget