Similarly, I might make a similar mistake with the Andy Warhol.

I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words.

我从来不对行为吹毛求疵, 我要挑剔的是语汇.

She is not one to find quarrel in a straw.

她不是吹毛求疵的人.

It would be silly to look a gift horse in the mouth.

对礼物吹毛求疵是愚蠢的.

It would be wise not to carp or criticize.

不吹毛求疵或批评将是明智的.

The intensely critical spirit is often the narrow-minded and ignorant one.

极爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人.

Fortunately, the night manager was neither a hairsplitter nor a fool.

好在这位夜班经理既不是吹毛求疵的人,也不是脓包.

Mr. Smith was always found in business ; neglecting his meals and sleep.

经常发现史密斯先生在废寝忘食地工作.

Building model trains is his consuming passion.

制作模型火车是他废寝忘食的爱好.

She was lost in study and didn't eat for days.

她废寝忘食地钻研了好几天.

Absorbed in the work, he neglected food and sleep.

他专心致志于这项工作, 到了废寝忘食的地步.

Torn between their research work and their teaching, they often forgot to eat and sleep.

他们又要搞研究,又要教学, 常常弄得废寝忘食.

He really forgot to eat and sleep.

他真的是废寝忘食.

The book is so interesting that it takes complete possession of him.

这本书如此有趣,竟使他废寝忘食.

We can neither eat nor sleep , because we have a lot of work.

因为工作繁多,我们废寝忘食.

There are hundreds of mountains, one after another. are magnificent cliffs, one above another.

那里有数百座山峰鳞次栉比: 有壮观的悬崖层出不穷.

New buildings alongbanks of the Vardar river and a fresh statue is unveiled every few weeks.

瓦尔达尔河旁的建筑群鳞次栉比;每隔几个星期总会出现一座新雕塑.

Seen from the air, the buildings are in tight rows.

从空中可以看到房屋鳞次栉比地排列着.

On either side of the road are row upon row of houses.

街道两旁的建筑物鳞次栉比.

Five-star hotels and skyscrapers abound. The roads are jammed with traffic.

现在, 五星级 旅馆和摩天大楼鳞次栉比, 道路上挤满了车辆.

Impressive new high-rise buildings lined the streets, which were jammed with buses, trucks, and private cars.

一幢幢新建的漂亮建筑在马路两侧鳞次栉比, 马路上满是公共汽车 、 卡车和私家轿车.