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那个足球运动员要踢球，但没有踢到，闹了个嘴啃泥。 The footballer kicked at the ball but missed and fell flat on his face. | ||
人们怕的是丢脸的风险，就好像摔个嘴啃泥那样脸面尽失。 What is terrifying is the risk of humiliation, of metaphorically falling flat on one's face. | ||
除了茶树枝顶的嫩芽之外的几乎所有蜡质树叶啃咬起来全都苦涩并跟皮革一样难以下嘴。 Almost all of tea's thick waxy leaves, apart from the topmost shoots, are bitter and leathery and difficult to bite through. | ||
小女人一个，但我很喜欢。以后再也不惹你生气了，想你，念你，恨不得啃啃你！ A small woman, but I like it. Never to offend you, miss you, miss you, hate you not to chew! | ||
这块地羊已经啃过了。 The field had been grazed by sheep. | ||
一条鱼在轻轻地啃鱼饵。 A fish nibbles at the bait. | ||
回家啃老不是什么好事。 Boomeranging is bad news. | ||
野兔把那些草本植物慢慢啃光了。 The rabbits nibbled away on the herbaceous plants. | ||
好狗应该啃好骨头，有功者受赏。 A good dog deserves a good bone. | ||
这两姐妹在孩童时都啃指甲。 Both sisters bit their nails as children. | ||
