We're like the chaperones at a high school dance -- we stand idly by the bowl of punch (or pot of coffee, as it were) and watch the drama unfold.
我们像参加高中生舞会的监护人，拿着咖啡杯，（好像是咖啡壶），悠闲的站在一旁，观看表演的话剧。
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Some crappy Secret Santa thing, a bowl of punch, and a box of Archway cookies and they call it a holiday bash?
只不过一些蹩脚的秘圣诞老人啦，一大杯果酒啦，和一盒阿克唯饼干啦，他们就叫这是节日庆典了？
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The new capital buffer is intended to give bank supervisors a second tool: they can take away the punchbowl while the party is still in full swing or can top it up when the economy is slowing.