挖東墻補西墻 的英文怎麼說
中文拼音 [wādōngbǔxī]
挖東墻補西墻
英文
digging [taking from] the eastern wall to repair the western one; keep up in one place at the expense of others-
I have already observ d how i brought all my goods into this pale, and into the cave which i had made behind me : but i must observe too, that at first this was a confus d heap of goods, which as they lay in no order, so they took up all my place, i had no room to turn my self ; so i set my self to enlarge my cave and works farther into the earth, for it was a loose sandy rock, which yielded easily to the labour i bestow d on it ; and so when i found i was pretty safe as to beasts of prey, i work d side - ways to the right hand into the rock, and then turning to the right again, work d quite out and made me a door to come out, on the out - side of my ale or fortification
現在我必須補充說一下，就是那些東西起初都雜亂無章地堆在那裡，以致占滿了住所，弄得我連轉身的餘地都沒有。於是我開始擴大和挖深山洞。好在巖石質地是一種很松的沙石，很容易挖，當我覺得圍墻已加固得足以防禦猛獸的襲擊時，我便向巖壁右邊挖去，然後再轉向右面，直至把巖壁挖穿，通到圍墻外面，做成了一個可供出入的門。
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