Rarely is progress made in giant leaps.

With justice on your side , you can go anywhere ; without it, you can't take a step.

有理走遍天下, 无理寸步难行.

The street is clogged with cars.

那条街被车堵得寸步难行.

Carefulness can go everywhere.

谨慎走遍天下,冒失寸步难行.

I got caught in the rush-hour traffic.

我遇上了高峰时刻的车辆,寸步难行.

Without the masses we can't move a step.

咱们离开了群众,就寸步难行啊!

Thousands of boxes of mooncakes are stacked high inside the storeand the staff can barely move.

数千盒月饼高高的堆在店内,员工们几乎寸步难行.

It is really very bold of him to venture to do this.

他敢冒险做这事,真是胆大包天.

A much-trailed financial overhaul is a curious mix of audacity and timidity.

多方掣肘的财政检查,既胆大包天又畏首畏尾,是个非常古怪的混合体.

I can not agree with his bold views.

我不能同意他那胆大包天的见解.

They were so bold as to endeavour to baffle the engineer out of his new invention.

他们胆大包天,竟企图骗取工程师的新发明.

Water can transform a desert into a garden.

水能把一片不毛之地变成一座花园.

How can people make a living in this arid area?

这片不毛之地上的人们怎么谋生 呢 ?

The isolation and loneliness of pride had for her mind the horror of a desert place.

因为骄傲所构成的孤独和寂寞,对她的心灵来说,是一片充满恐怖的不毛之地.

A single word of his article is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

他的文章一字千金.

With the practical benefits of such a proposal difficult to justify, there also the aesthetic factor.

与实际利益这样的建议难以自圆其说, 也有审美的因素.

Higher education has developed very rapidly in the past 10 years.

过去十年,本港高等教育的发展一日千里.

What he said always can add up!

他总是能自圆其说!

Modern construction techniques and the economy of scale in today's urban developments encourage large-scale design strategies.

当今建筑技术日新月异,城市经济发展一日千里,这些共同催生了大规模的规划战略.

It doesn't commend itself to reason.

这无法自圆其说.

What else can we do other than finding excuses to explain things away?

然而除了自圆其说、找个下台借口,我们还能做些什么?