The accountants saw this and agreed it was a quite clever idea.

It was a clever idea, but a very wicked one.

这是个聪明的念头，不过也是个缺德的法子。

What a clever idea of Fred's!

弗雷德的主意多妙啊！

At the same time, the supposedly clever idea was to demonstrate to the outside world that the rest of the banking system remained sound.

与此同时，这个看似巧妙的方法是为了向外界证明，银行体系的其它部分仍很健全。

But the whole sign thing isn't a bad idea.

不过这个找启示的办法到是不错。

Do you know what's a bad idea?

你知道坏主意是什么？

So building it up was a bad idea, in other words.

换句话说，之前的合并就是一馊主意。

Well, that was another bad idea.

又一个坏主意就是啊

And I think it's a bad idea if I take him.

而我觉得我去的话实在是个坏主意。

I didn't write that into the rules but I don't think it's a bad idea.

我没有将其写进规定中，但我觉得这个主意不错。

But you know what wouldn't be a bad idea?

你知道什么主意不错吗？

No, that would probably be a bad idea.

步，那样会更糟糕。

It might not be a bad idea, you know, another city.

也许我们真应该到另一个城市去。

I still think it's a bad idea.

我现在仍然认为这是一个坏主意。

Whether it turns out to be a good idea or a bad idea, we'll find out

它到底是个好主意还是坏主意我们很快会见分晓。

Do you think this is a good or bad idea?

你认为这样的想法好还是不妥？

We both thought that all in all it might not be a bad idea

我们两人都认为总的说来它或许不是个坏主意。

Which would've been a very bad idea.

那会是个非常糟的主意。

In fact, it's a very bad idea.

事实上，那是个很糟糕的主意。

Long term, the move may not be such a bad idea.

长期而言，这或许并不是一个那么糟的点子。

This is probably a bad idea, but what the hey!

这大概是个馊主意，但管它呢！