The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable.

  • -- Clifford Geertz 吉尔兹

北非的骡子总是谈论他母亲的兄弟马,但从不谈论他的父亲驴,而更喜欢那些据说更有名望的人。

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I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

我很难说服学生们,他们去北非是为了了解北非人,而不是为了了解他们自己。

We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.

我们说,国际刑事法院的目标是非洲人,但是在我们在非洲的案件中,所有的受害者都是非洲人。

Kissing goes by favour.

接吻很受欢迎。