1 | You are not going to stand me up again, are you? | |
2 | I can't live on air! | |
3 | A family of six cannot live on air. | |
4 | The bosses expect their workmen to live on air. | |
5 | 我只知道公司一边在大量烧钱而另一边却在喝西北风。
I just knew that our sales sucked wind and we were burning through tons of cash. | |
6 | 再多研究几项功能,把你们给弄发了,人家倒喝西北风了。
Again studies several functions, gave you makes has sent, others had nothing to eat but actually. | |
7 | 娱乐市场直截了当。出唱片如果能卖出去,办音乐会如果满座,你就能几百万几百万地赚。要是没什么反响那就等着喝西北风吧。
The entertainment market is straightforward. Make recordings that sell, fill stadiums for your concerts, and you earn millions. Fail to make an impact and you earn nothing. | |
8 | “是的,”猫回答,“那准会把你美得就像把你那尖尖的舌头伸到窗外去喝西北风一样。”
But business is business. You expect me to come out of this empty-handed and let my family eat the northwest wind? | |
9 | “是的,”猫回答,“那准会把你美得就像把你那尖尖的舌头伸到窗外去喝西北风相同。”
Yes, answered the cat, you will enjoy it as abundance as you will enjoy sticking those dainty tongue of yours out of the window. | |
10 | “是的,”猫回答,“那准会把妳美得就像把妳那尖尖的舌头伸到窗外去喝西北风一样。”
Yes, answered the cat, you will enjoy it as much as you would enjoy sticking that dainty tongue of yours out of the window. | |
11 | 孜孜不倦的赚钱没什么不好,财富不是比萨,不是我吃的太多你就得喝西北风,在自由社会中,在有法治和私产保障的社会中,别人变富,没人吃亏。
Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box. In a free society, with the rule of law and property rights, no one loses when someone else gets rich. | |
12 | 大家都知道,世界上的钱全被J·K·罗琳用她的哈利·波特小说赚走啦,这不仅导致了全球金融危机的爆发,还让其他作家只好喝西北风去了。
It is a known fact that JK Rowling was paid all the money in the world for her Harry Potter books, triggering the global financial crisis and leaving no money for other writers. |