好端端的，怎么生起气来了？

Why are you angry when everything is perfectly all right?

好端端的大蒜粒咋烂掉霉变了？

Hey ye rotten mold of garlic tablets?

一切都好端端的，为什么他们总是建议要“改进”？不破就不修嘛。

Why do they have to keep suggesting 'improvements' when everything's working perfectly? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

这真是惊人的浪费：大盘大盘的牛肉、成桶成桶的面包和蔬菜，全部当垃圾扔掉，再浇上喝剩的茶和茶叶，好端端的东西就这么糟蹋了。

The wastage was astonishing; great dishes of beef, and bucketfuls of broad and vegetables, were pitched away like rubbish, and then defiled with tea-leaves.