On the other hand, I should not like you to think that Wales was more barbarous than England, or Llywelyn less civilised than Edward I. Giraldus Cambrensis saw a prince going barefoot, and the fussy little Archbishop Peckham saw that Welsh marriage customs were not what he liked; and many historians, who have never read a line of Welsh poetry, take for granted that the conquest of Wales was a new victory for civilisation.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
Whatever can I do with these little ones? I think and think and think about them. I can't place them out, and it does seem too awful to bring them up here; for as good as we are going to be when we get ourselves made over, still, after all, we are an institution, and our inmates are just little incubator chicks. They don't get the individual, fussy care that only an old hen can give.英文原著 · 《Dear Enemy》
The Germans are hearty eaters; but they are not, like the French, fussy and finicky over their food. Their stomach is not their God; and the cook, with his sauces and pates and ragouts, is not their High Priest. So long as the dish is wholesome, and there is sufficient of it, they are satisfied.英文原著 · 《Diary of a Pilgrimage》
"I thought you would do all that fussy part and take care of the pounds, as you call them. Need I worry about it? I do hate sums, so!"英文原著 · 《Eight Cousins》
Among the new boarders was a fussy old man named Chaster, who was speedily nicknamed by the bell boys Chestnuts. He was a particular individual, and made everybody as uncomfortable as he possibly could.英文原著 · 《Joe The Hotel Boy》
Some warm words followed, and the upshot of the matter was that the fussy old boarder had to pack his things and seek another hotel that very night.英文原著 · 《Joe The Hotel Boy》
You know how fussy she gets when we pass her off, so- - Oh. She seems fine. - Yeah.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
But, all right, if you have to say something, just tell Bob Fussy that he's overdoing it and you want to go back to your old stuff.美剧 · 《Modern Family》