*實用(不雅)英語*
剛剛向菲爾報告台灣政情，八卦一下昨晚有人急急忙忙跑去懷遠堂坐在車子裡等，他先是說 He what? 然後不可克制大笑起來。我常跟妳說英國首相那個蠢蛋，什麼都搞砸還整天做一些他自以為很聰明的傻事粉飾自己，其實就只是在 polishing a turd.
中文有很好的翻譯，糞土之牆不可污也，你就是插一朵鮮花在上面也是臭不可聞。
Turd
1. a lump of excrement.
2. a person regarded as obnoxious or contemptible.
Polishing a turd
To fix, repair, repaint, shine or do other things to something that isn't worthy - but you have to do it for one reason or another. Because the basic fact is no matter what you do to a turd - polish it, paint it, give it bling - it's still a turd, and there is nothing you can do about that underlying fact.
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