"It is so, senora," he said solemnly, "I go to the Marionette, I work, I eat meat--pie--frijoles--good, ver' good. I come home sad'day nigh' I see my fam'ly. I play lil' game poker with the boys, have lil' drink wine, my money all gone. My fam'ly have no money, nothing eat. All time I work at mine I eat, good, ver' good grub. I think sorry for my fam'ly. No, no, senora, I no work no more that Marionette, I stay with my fam'ly." The wonder of it is, I think, that the family had the same point of view.英文原著 · 《The Land of Little Rain》
And to Hermione came a melancholy devoid of all violence, soft almost as the warmth upon this sea, quite as the resignation of the fatalistic East. She felt herself for a moment such a tiny, dark thing caught in the meshes of the great net of the Universe, this Universe that she could never understand. What could she do? She must just sink down upon the breast of this mystery, let it take her, hold her, do with her what it would. Her subtlety against Emile's! She smiled to herself in the dark. What a combat of midgets! She seemed to see two marionettes battling in the desert.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
The marionette theatre was one of the Nohant amusements. One of the joys of the family, and also one of the delights of _dilettanti_,[51] was the painting of the scenery, the manufacturing of costumes, the working out of scenarios, dressing dolls and making them talk.英文原著 · 《George Sand》
[51] "The individual named George Sand is very well. He is enjoying the wonderful winter which reigns in Berry; he gathers flowers, points out any interesting botanical anomalies, sews dresses and mantles for his daughter-in-law, and costumes for the marionettes, cuts out stage scenery, dresses dolls and reads music. ."--_Correspondance:_ To Flaubert, January 17, 1869.英文原著 · 《George Sand》
Three months afterwards they were married. David's father was shrewd and prosperous. He gave them a wedding that was heard of three leagues away. Both the young people were favourites in the village. There was a procession in the streets, a dance on the green; they had the marionettes and a tumbler out from Dreux to delight the guests.英文原著 · 《Roads of Destiny》
Maitre Guillot Gobet returned to his kitchen, where he stirred up his cooks and scullions on all sides, to make up for the loss of his Easter pies on the grand tables in the hall. He capered among them like a marionette, directing here, scolding there, laughing, joking, or with uplifted hands and stamping feet despairing of his underlings' cooking a dinner fit for the fete of Pierre Philibert.英文原著 · 《The Golden Dog》
Oh, look, there's a street performer trying to get people to dance with his marionette outside our shop.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
But if she makes another comment about my intricate, hand-carved marionettes being dolls…美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
The marionettes stop what they're doing, march to the edge of the stage and point at you.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Oh, one of my favorite childhood memories was attending the Moscow Marionette Theater.美剧 · 《Modern Family》