The irish economy is a strange hybrid : the front legs of its export sector may have recovered tigerlike strength , but the hind legs of the domestic economy are more akin to those of a sickly mediterranean goat .

爱尔兰的经济是一个奇特的组合：出口领域犹如老虎的前腿，或许已经重获力量，而国内经济却像是一只病蔫蔫的地中海山羊的后腿。