Scala found the Age distasteful.

I am bound to admit that conversations and amusement languished during the day.

我不得不承认,当天的谈话和消遣都索然无味.

The others came back; the bare, familiar, trivial opera began again.

其他的人回来了, 那索然无味, 司空见惯, 轻浮庸俗的歌剧重新开始了.

You know the old proverb ,'Call a maid by a married name.'

你该知道张冠李戴这句成语. ”

Obviously, this is not an error resulting from the carelessness of those who produced the report.

这样明显的张冠李戴,恐怕不能算是报告炮制者的大意吧!

He's not our manager – you're confusing him with someone else.

他不是我们经理,我看你是张冠李戴了.

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

与此相似, 我或许也在安迪·沃霍尔那里也张冠李戴了.

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.