A lady noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale(秤), sucking (往回吸,收腹)in his stomach. % X. c5 i; z! v8 k+ H0 F% K7 F7 M" E: v) `8 o6 a% H% C
Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this maneuver(巧计,策略), she 0 l& v* f( E0 t6 L: I9 ~, v% x& scommented, "I don't think that's going to help."7 P) m0 w, A5 ?- e3 S) T) u
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"Sure it will." he said. "It's the only way I can see the numbers."