A busy man is plagued with one desire, but an idle one with a thousand.

一个忙碌的人为一个愿望而苦恼，但闲人通常为一千个。

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They spend a few minutes in idle one way chatter, complaining about the project or task that they have to do.

他们花数分钟自言自语地抱怨着这个不得不去完成的项目或任务。

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Even if one were to search with a lantern, no one idle man or one tramp could have been found.

哪怕你提着灯笼去找，也找不到一个懒汉或流浪汉。

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This question of verification, compliance and enforcement is not, unfortunately, an idle one.

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The Microsoft comparison is not an idle one.

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This is hardly an idle concern when one thinks of data protected by HIPAA or FINRA, for example.

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