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always (at all times) adverb [UK: ˈɔːl.weɪz] [US: ˈɔːl.weɪz] | 总是 /zǒngshì/adverb 總是adverb |
a bad workman always blames his tools (not the tools but how they're employed) phrase | 一个差的工人总是指责他的工具 /yīgè chà de gōngrén zǒngshì zhǐzé tā de gōngjù/phrase 一個差的工人總是指責他的工具phrase |
the customer is always right (proverb) phrase | 顧客就是上帝phrase 顧客永遠是對的phrase |
the grass is always greener on the other side (others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.) phrase [UK: ðə ɡrɑːs ɪz ˈɔːl.weɪz ˈɡriː.nə(r) ɒn ðə ˈʌð.ə(r) saɪd] [US: ðə ˈɡræs ˈɪz ˈɔːl.weɪz ˈɡriː.nər ɑːn ðə ˈʌð.r̩ ˈsaɪd] | 这山望着那山高 /zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo/phrase 這山望著那山高phrase |