1月 25 2008
Daily Quote: Walk the plank
Michael White of the Guardian comments on Peter Hain’s resignation:
Hindsight specialists were quick to argue that Brown’s failure to make him walk the plank in December – when the real scale of his initial £5,000 amnesia began to become clearer – is further proof of his indecision.
我喜欢这里的几个幽默的表达方式：
hindsight specilaist (“马后炮专家”似乎不如原文清晰和精彩)；
walk the plank 是指在船甲板上架起一块木板(plank)，伸向船外，然后让人从板上走过去，掉入海中，现在指被逼辞职；
£5,000 amnesia 指 Peter Hain 声称“忘了申报”的借口。
