One could no more do that than one could roll up one's sleeves and go down into the muck.
一个人不能那样做，就如同不能卷起袖子下到污泥里去一样。
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' You'll never amount to anything, any of you, till you roll up your sleeves and getright down into the muck. That, or emigrate . . . God! If I could emigrate . .