As soon as they were inside the dark cave, they put in the eldest princess first, and stirred the basket, and up she went. Then the basket was let down again, and up went the second princess, and then up went the youngest; but first she put her arms round her prince's neck, and kissed him, and cried a little. At last it came to the turn of the youngest prince, and instead of going into the basket he put in a big stone. He drew on one side and listened, and after the basket was drawn up about twenty perches, down came it and the stone like thunder, and the stone was broken into little bits.英文原著 · 《The Lilac Fairy Book》
"What!" ejaculated Cameron. Had the man lost his mind? Then Cameron stood by while his comrade dug in the sand. Three feet he dug--four--five, and the sand grew dark, then moist. At six feet water began to seep through. "Get the little basket in my pack," he said. Cameron complied, and saw his comrade drop the basket into the deep hole, where it kept the sides from caving in and allowed the water to seep through. While Cameron watched, the basket filled.英文原著 · 《Desert Gold》
In the reign of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived at Bagdad a porter who, in spite of his humble calling, was an intelligent and sensible man. One morning he was sitting in his usual place with his basket before him, waiting to be hired, when a tall young lady, covered with a long muslin veil, came up to him and said, "Pick up your basket and follow me." The porter, who was greatly pleased by her appearance and voice, jumped up at once, poised his basket on his head, and accompanied the lady, saying to himself as he went, "Oh, happy day! Oh, lucky meeting!"英文原著 · 《The Arabian Nights》
"Oh, like a woman! That is, not at all. Her whole property is in the hands of The Consolidated Good Faith Companies. I reminded her of the old adage, `Never put all of your eggs into one basket.'"
"But that is so sound a basket, George!" "Yes. It is thought so," with a shrug. "Poor child! She needs a guardian to advise her."
Waldeaux's countenance grew black. "She should employ an attorney.英文原著 · 《Frances Waldeaux》
The name they gives her is "Luck in a basket," because she carries about a basket, which every night, when she goes home, is sure to be full of stolen property.英文原著 · 《Gypsy Dictionary》
"Would you like to go to a basketball game with..." "You know, it's funny, basketball, because I happen to have tickets to..." No. Okay. Um...美剧 · 《Friends》
All right, well, we're here. I'm gonna make the best of it, but first I need a basket without a sno-cone in it.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
and festive gift baskets, you're gonna need as much help as you can get.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Look, if there's one thing old finger basket know how to do it's in and out.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》