Trying to convince a hardnosed, time-is-money employer of the value of a garden may be as pointless as preaching the value of vegetarianism to a lion.
要说服一位顽固的、坚信“时间就是金钱”的雇主，告知其绿化对于工作场所的意义，无异于对牛弹琴。
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Lamb, who surveyed 674 boys aged four to 18, claimed these hardnosed heroes may be damaging the social skills of teenagers and even affecting their performance at school.