Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.

他最后不但没有坐牢或流落贫民窟，反而还非常成功。

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He lamented how Indian captains were made idols and then "thrown in the gutter" by the public; the habit took off with him.

他为印度队长如何成为偶像，然后被公众“扔进排水沟”而悲伤；这个习性拖累了他。

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The rain makes running pools in the gutter

雨在水沟里汇成流动的小溪

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After many years in the gutter, U.S. automakers seem to be on the rebound.

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Now, he needs to make sure his stock doesn't wind up in the gutter simply because investors cannot trust him.

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Yet, with the Dow Jones trading near its record high, shares in the former largest publicly traded company in the world are down in the gutter.

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