Few know the weight of sin. When the guilt thereof takes hold of the conscience, it commands homewards all the faculties of the soul. No man can go out or off now: now he is wind-bound, or, as Paul says, "caught:" now he is made to possess bitter days, bitter nights, bitter hours, bitter thoughts; nor can he shift them, for his sin is ever before him. As David said, "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me,"--in my eye, and sticketh fast in every one of my thoughts; Psalm li.英文原著 · 《The Pharisee And The Publican》
will return to N. R., all will be forgotten and forgiven."
"He'd have the upper hand of me for life," said Nancy. "No, no; I won't advertise for the fool. What right had he to run off at the first word? He ought to know my bark is worse than my bite by this time. You can, though."
"Me bite, ma'am?" said the old gentleman. "Bite? Advertise, since you're so fond of it.英文原著 · 《Foul Play》
It's a big day, but that pony's a rum un, and can jump his own height easy. He'll be welcome home to-night.'
`I daresay he will, and no wonder. The missus must ha' been awful frightened, and the young ladies too. Good-night, Jack;' and we rattled off. It wasn't so very late after all when we got back to Jonathan's; so, as the horses wanted a bit of a rest and a feed, we roused up the girls and had supper. A very jolly one it was, my word. They were full of curiosity, you bet, to know how we got on when they heard Moran was there and the others. So bit by bit they picked it out of us.英文原著 · 《Robbery Under Arms》
But I'd like to send for Stone." "Wait a bit, wait a bit," said Mr. Crawford. "Phil's right; there's no possibility of Florrie or Hall in the matter. Leave the gold bag, the newspapers, and the yellow posies out of consideration, and go to work in some sensible way." "How about Mr. Joseph's finances?" I asked. "Are they in satisfactory shape?" "Never finer," said Philip Crawford. "Joseph was a very rich man, and all due to his own clever and careful investments. A bit of a speculator, but always on the right side of the market.英文原著 · 《The Gold Bag》
And the bittern sound his drum. Goldsmith (D. 44) calls the bird "the hollow-sounding bittern;" and in his Animated Nature, he says that of all the notes of waterfowl "there is none so dismally hollow as the booming of the bittern."英文原著 · 《The Lady of the Lake》
When she reached the other side of the street she looked back. The child had a bun in each hand and had stopped in the middle of a bite to watch her. Sara gave her a little nod, and the child, after another stare--a curious lingering stare--jerked her shaggy head in response, and until Sara was out of sight she did not take another bite or even finish the one she had begun.英文原著 · 《A Little Princess》
...actually is "Bite me, bite me, bite me."美剧 · 《Friends》
Okay, Lily... take a bite of an apple, take a bite of a pear take a bite of the cookie that you left over there Here's one thing you should never do.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
And not a crazy bitch like you're a crazy bitch, like, "Oh, bitch, you so crazy. " No!美剧 · 《Shameless》