He would strew gold and silver dust about a portico and then lament that he could not strew the dust of amber also;

他把金粉银粉喷到门廊上，然后悲叹着不能撒琥珀粉；

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Industrialists gaze longingly across the Channel where French politicians generously strew nuclear stations, motorways and TGVs about.

BBC: The La Rance tidal barrage near St Malo in Brittany