Wisdom from Grandpa

小叶子

Wisdom from Grandpa...
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6 c" i; B& u5 o" v* ~6 ]& iWhether a man winds up with a nest egg, or a goose egg, depends a lot on the kind of chick he marries.

# E* N6 L) r) u) ITrouble in marriage often starts when a man gets so busy earnin' his salt that he forgets his sugar.
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Too many couples marry for better, or for worse, but not for good.
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$ g6 ?  T6 d+ b8 A# e( RWhen a man marries a woman, they become one; but the trouble starts when they try to decide which one.
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9 ^. j) R& y3 I+ \" w! Z% F% JIf a man has enough horse sense to treat his wife like a thoroughbred, she will never turn into an old nag.
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7 e& M  Z' ~2 L! b; tOn anniversaries, the wise husband always forgets the past - but never the present.

9 [9 s7 F- y: i/ C, JA foolish husband says to his wife, 'Honey, you stick to the washin', ironin', cookin' and scrubbin'. No wife of mine is gonna 'work'.
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( e0 A0 N( o( c  x/ XMany girls like to marry a military man - he can cook, sew, and make beds and is in good health, and he's already used to taking orders.

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織紗千影

同上
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billzhao

nice

chmwl

chmwl

織紗千影

Could someone explain this?

august99

Whether a man winds up with a nest egg, or a goose egg, depends a lot on the kind of chick he marries.
男人的未来与成就往往是有他的女人决定的

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' x" Y* Q5 U; y5 @' T( x: h0 d0 Zrouble in marriage often starts when a man gets so busy earnin' his salt that he forgets his sugar.
9 b/ e- }  s% _ 对男人来说，婚姻的问题往往处在太专注工作和应酬，而冷落了他的女人和家庭

august99

Too many couples marry for better, or for worse, but not for good.
* c# C5 m7 x. r9 G( g$ E7 N; Y很多夫妻希望婚姻使他们变得更完美，或者往往是恰相反，但有谁会有一个平常心呢？


  `6 h$ L7 {) {" n( M7 x/ r& uWhen a man marries a woman, they become one; but the trouble starts when they try to decide which one.
/ B: P2 t5 b/ }. }) Z5 o2 C( R$ a毫无疑问，婚姻使二者合二为一，但究竟你们要成为那一个？你或是你的那一位。这往往是问题的关键
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: M* l. D) I, ~0 bIf a man has enough horse sense to treat his wife like a thoroughbred, she will never turn into an old nag.
6 ~% }+ S" G! r' ^) a( j5 ~男人的无微不至的关怀会使女人心情开朗，青春永驻
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) D+ {5 x: n1 f4 y8 cOn anniversaries, the wise husband always forgets the past - but never the present.
5 w& ^+ E9 {9 L7 }在婚姻纪念日，聪明的丈夫总是忘记了过去，但千万不要忘记现在哦
1 l8 J8 g3 y" B: P5 H2 X2 I# c; Q3 o  w7 M2 dA foolish husband says to his wife, 'Honey, you stick to the washin', ironin', cookin' and scrubbin'. No wife of mine is gonna 'work'.
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$ E: v M: X: L0 e1 HMany girls like to marry a military man - he can cook, sew, and make beds and is in good health, and he's already used to taking orders

august99

这个也太难解了？是作者的经验还是转贴？

織紗千影

Thank you so much for explaning ^^~

Dumber

原帖由 小叶子 于 2008-7-16 13:23 发表
Wisdom from Grandpa...

5 }* G0 ~4 ~3 J' UMany girls like to marry a military man - he can cook, sew, and make beds and is in good health, and he's already used to taking orders.

waft1

My God! That translation is soooooo...good!  You are a genius!

StarHelena

原帖由 waft1 于 2008-8-8 02:45 发表
My God! That translation is soooooo...good!  You are a genius!

& e+ @% o0 v5 _$ U5 j严重同意，但只差最后两句

august99

原帖由 StarHelena 于 2008-8-13 20:21 发表

/ g+ j" D' G6 M; V严重同意，但只差最后两句

还真，没看 见后面两句：
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2 e  w1 }$ u9 afoolish husband says to his wife, 'Honey, you stick to the washin', ironin', cookin' and scrubbin'. No wife of mine is gonna 'work
/ R1 [# S1 }7 C" P8 |  R$ [8 L什么样的丈夫堪称愚蠢：当他看见他的妻子在做饭洗衣做家务的时候抱怨说：女人，你能帮我做点有意义的事吗？

2 ]. k& ^# G& f. OMany girls like to marry a military man - he can cook, sew, and make beds and is in good health, and he's already used to taking orders

* m, `2 j5 y. ?  r! C& p& {% C! {6 M- y$ A很多女人喜欢嫁个军人：因为他会做饭，缝衣，整理被褥；更重要的是，他习惯于随时随地接受命令