>From somewhere among the throng in the street or else out of the thin stream of pedestrians a young woman tripped and stood by the cab. The professional hawk's eye of Jerry caught the movement. He made a lurch for the cab, overturning three or four onlookers and himself-- no! he caught the cap of a water-plug and kept his feet. Like a sailor shinning up the ratlins during a squall Jerry mounted to his professional seat. Once he was there McGary's liquids were baffled. He seesawed on the mizzenmast of his craft as safe as a Steeple Jack rigged to the flagpole of a skyscraper.英文原著 · 《The Four Million》
Seriously. Not to be the evil stepdad, but if you put on a puffy white shirt... and declare your love for a 16-year-old, you're gonna be swinging from the flagpole in your puffy white underpants.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Let's see what happens when I run my hand up the flagpole.美剧 · 《Shameless》
If I could, I would run each and every one of you viewers up a flagpole And salute you.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》