For him the loss was only a drop in the ocean.

The new tax cuts a drop in the ocean . I'd like to see bigger ones.

新减税额只是九牛一毛. 偶诚望有更大幅度的削减.

Their hints about his behaviour were water off a duck's back.

他们示意他举止不当,如同对牛弹琴.

She read him Byron's poems, and it was casting pearls before swine.

她为他朗诵拜伦的诗, 简直是对牛弹琴.

Never cast your pearls before swine.

不要把珍贵之物送给不识货的人;勿明珠暗投;勿对牛弹琴.

Do not cast your pearls before swine.

不要对牛弹琴.

Cast not your pearls before swine.

莫要对牛弹琴.

Jokes are lost on him.

对他讲笑话是对牛弹琴.

Let poisonous weeds sprout and ghosts and monsters appear. Why be afraid of them?

让那些毒草长嘛,让那些牛鬼蛇神出台嘛,你怕他干什么 呢 ?

Chicken Little could, understandably, claim that the sky is about to fall on our heads.

胆小如鼠的小鸡心理会自然地高呼:天要坍塌下来了.

As a result, he had become the soul of caution.

结果, 他就变得胆小如鼠.

He is a cautious man, indeed a timid one.

他是个谨慎的人, 简直是个胆小如鼠的人.

She despised him for his cowardice.

她因他胆小如鼠而鄙视他.

Sen, in contrast, argues that such conceptions of development are far too narrow.

相反, 森却大声疾呼道:“此一关于发展之概念,实乃鼠目寸光“.

A mouse can see only a inch.

鼠目寸光.

He is by no means a good businessman because he cannot see beyond his nose.

他根本谈不上是位精明的生意人,他总是鼠目寸光.

People who see only what is under their noses are without exception narrow-minded.

鼠目寸光的人必定心胸狭隘.

That's just dumb , People do become obsolete; they also grow.

这是鼠目寸光的做法.人才会过时、落后, 但也会成长、进步.

I also have many detective books written by'The Queen of Crimes ', Agatha Christie.

我还有一些侦探小说是“侦探王 ” 阿加莎·克里斯蒂写的.

All lunatics , but he who can analyze he delusion is called a philosopher.

不过,凡是能够分析自己的妄想者就被称为哲学家.

Refractory children , lunatics, and criminals may require authority, and may need to be forced to obey.

对倔强的儿童, 精神病人以及犯罪的人,需要使用权力, 或者需要强迫服从.