“温和而坚定”

As people always say, the world is going from bad to worse.

“Mr. Tabb had sliced his hot roll into three feather-beds. ”
Tabb先生把他滚热的面包切成三层羽绒褥垫。

三层羽绒褥垫被用来描写豪华舒适的生活,在这里就兼指上好的面包形状。

此句脱胎于《奥赛罗》第一幕第三场230~232行:
“威严无上的议员们,暴君的积习/
早为我把那冷冰冰的钢骨行军床/
变成了铺着三层羽垫的软榻”。

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