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金玉其外，败絮其中。虚有其表。——《威尼斯商人》。 "All that glisters is not gold." — The Merchant of Venice ii, vii. | ||
即使你是名人， 若你做事堕落败坏， 只是金玉其外，败絮其中。 Even though you are rich man, you are go to the dogs, just have all goods in the window. | ||
华丽的穿著是一种提醒，提醒自己金玉其外的同时决不能败絮其中。 Wearing something shiny on the outdoor is a reminder to be shiny on the inside. | ||
华丽丽的穿着是一种提醒，提醒自己金玉其外的同时决不能败絮其中。 Wearing something shiny on the outside is a reminder to be shiny on the inside . | ||
这个女孩容貌美丽但心灵丑恶。了解她的人都认为她金玉其外，败絮其中。 The girl is pretty in appearance but hideous in mind. People who know about her regard her as nothing but an apple of Sodom. | ||
任何其它东西都不过是“傻瓜的黄金”（金玉其外，败絮其中），充满着当下战略带来的让人猛醒的不安全因素。 Anything else is 'fool's gold', with all the insecurity the current strategy brings in its wake. | ||
在一次发言里，他引用了中国的一句老话：“金玉其外，败絮其中，”以此来解释他为什么要把他的角色和场景层层裹上金装。 In a statement, he quotes an old Chinese saying, "gold and jade on the outside, rot and decay on the inside," to explain his determination to smother his characters and sets with gold. | ||
可以说任何看似繁荣的金融市场都会在某一天暴露出深层的腐败（或者说金玉其表，败絮其中）。 IT COULD be said that any financial system that appears to berobust will, in time, reveal some underlying rot. | ||
