A:我很少聽見她的孩子吵架。
B:Why do you say that?
B:你怎么這么說(shuō)?
A:Because her children have been the age when they seem to quarrel all day long.
A:因?yàn)樗暮⒆诱嫡煲臣艿哪挲g。
B:Oh, I see. She told me that she had learned very quickly how to pour oil on troubled waters, but not to pour oil on the flame.
B:噢,明白了。她給我說(shuō)她學(xué)會(huì)了一套調(diào)停爭(zhēng)端的本領(lǐng),而不讓事情更進(jìn)一步的發(fā)展。
A:She is a clever mother.
A:她可真是個(gè)聰嘴的媽媽。