His father was so hurt to think he had a shiftless, ambitionless son that he was actually ashamed before his employees.
他的父亲认为自己有一个无能为力、没有野心的儿子, 非常伤心,以至于他在员工面前感到羞愧。
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Yes, sir. They're gonna say, 'There goes that poor old Clara Varner, whose father married her off to a dirt-scratching, shiftless, no-good farmer who just happened by.'
Ellen had been given this preparation for marriage which any well-brought-up young lady received, and she also had Mammy, who could galvanize the most shiftless negro into energy.
Timon of Athens said: " Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy." Hate the sin, love the sinner, except if the sinner is a family member, co-worker, neighbor, fellow citizen or a shiftless foreigner.