When I invested my money with the company I was told it was as safe as the Rock of Gibraltar.
我投资这家公司时,他们说它像直布罗陀巨岩一样可靠。
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The Straits of Gibraltar are the strategic passage between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
直布罗陀海峡是地中海通向大西洋的战略通道。
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The cascades of water from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean were not as spectacular as the crustal adjustments and faulting that occurred when the Strait of Gibraltar was connected to those seas.