There's nothing infra dig. in being mean to the poor; but not to sympathize with the rich stamps you as middle class." She laughed. Joan was worried. "I told Dad I should only ask him for enough to make up two hundred a year," she explained. "He'll laugh at me for not knowing my own mind."
"I should let him," advised Madge. She grew thoughtful again. "We cranky young women, with our new-fangled, independent ways, I guess we hurt the old folks quite enough as it is."
The bell rang and Madge opened the door herself. It turned out to be Flossie.英文原著 · 《All Roads Lead to Calvary》
"Starting a cranky car doesn't take a miracle," whined Mert. "Anybody that knows cars--"英文原著 · 《Cabin Fever》
"She's no business to be a cranky car," Foster interposed pacifically. "Why, she's practically new!" He stepped over a puddle and stood beside Bud, peering down at the silent engine. "Have you looked at the intake valve?" he asked pathetically.英文原著 · 《Cabin Fever》
Once out of doors in the morning, with his foot on the native heath of his farm, Holcroft's hopefulness and courage always returned. He was half angry with himself at his nervous irritation of the evening before. "If she becomes so cranky that I can't stand her, I'll pay the three months' wages and clear her out," he had concluded, and he went about his morning work with a grim purpose to submit to very little nonsense.英文原著 · 《He Fell In Love With His Wife》
"'Well, well,' says Uncle Cal, 'maybe I did. Maybe I did and forgot about it. My head is a little cranky at times. I heard the man in the store play it fine. I'm mighty glad you like it, Marilla. Yes, I believe I could go to sleep a while if you'll stay right beside me till I do.'英文原著 · 《Heart of the West》
And you're doing your level best to comfort me. Just like you always do. You never get cranky; and you never say I gotta choose betwixt this and that; and you never get sore at me. You're just my chum. And you're fool enough to think I'm all right. Yet she says I gotta get rid of you!"
The dog pressed closer to him, still whining softly and licking the roughly caressing hands. "What'm I going to do, Chummie?" demanded Link brokenly. "What'm I going to do about it?英文原著 · 《His Dog》
She's just cranky because she's already seen 30 people read for this today, and we are all so goddamn sick of seeing auditions, so whenever you're ready.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》