Straws

• I don't think it signifies two straws about the 'Pioneer,' or Ladislaw, or Brooke's speechifying to the Middlemarchers. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I don't care two straws about your 'no harm is intended,' and you may be certain if there is any trouble it will be for you, not for me. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I knew I was catching at straws; but in the wide and weltering deep where I found myself, I would have caught at cobwebs. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But straws show . 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I will answer for it, he never cared three straws about her--who could about such a nasty little freckled thing? 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It might be her interest if she cared two straws about me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Straws show which way the wind blows, and I've made several discoveries today. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Such men as this are feathers, chips, and straws. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Well, my dear Sir, we won't waste time in splitting straws,' resumed the little man, 'say--say--seventy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But Miss Bertram does not care three straws for him; _that_ is your opinion of your intimate friend. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

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