The end result, of course, is that these overpriced properties just sat there, piling up like unwanted inventory.
最终的结果当然是，这些要价过高的房屋只能放在那儿卖不出去，像没人要的库存品。
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At the ridiculous high end of the scale, however, is getting your cycling calories by piling up your plate with asparagus that has been flown by air from the other side of the world.
Some of them want to go to McDonald's, but after a heated discussion the five of us end up piling into a booth at a nicer chain restaurant near a Holiday Inn.