The snowballing online reaction sends a clear message that people are not prepared to take this sort of thing lying down.

滚雪球式的网络反响传达了一个很明确的信息，那就是人们不准备让这类事情就此作罢。

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We are not going to ignore them, we are not going to take them lying down.

我们不会忽略，也不会向它们屈服。

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X. O. Beer. Take it lying down. 12% alcohol, and available soon in selected bars with nice comfortable floors.

啤酒，躺着喝。含12%酒精，马上就能在指定的有漂亮舒适地板的酒吧售卖。

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This was something neither of them was going to take lying down.

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The more serious class-action complaints, each of which can potentially result in hundreds of millions of dollars in liability, are complaints the company has decided it won't take lying down.

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The lost amenities and added population density, they said, would cut their property value by a third, and they were not going to take it lying down.

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