Her quip , written in 1962 , was inspired by underemployment in south-east asia .

她在1962年写的这句俏皮话灵感来自于东南亚的就业不足。

Mr putin recently made an obscure quip , saying that , apart from himself , there have been no " pure democrats " in the world since mahatma gandhi .

普京最近说了一个含糊的妙语，他说，除了他自己，自圣雄甘地（mahatmagandhi）之后，全世界就没有一个“纯粹的民主派”。

His words reminded me of a famous quip by george carlin the late great american comedian " it 's called the american dream because you have to be asleep to believe it . "

他的话让我想起美国最后的喜剧大师乔治卡林的一句著名的妙语---“这就是所谓的美国梦，因为你要在睡梦中才会相信它！”

But the bottom line , mr hayward : whatever else you do , resist the urge to quip " oil 's well that ends well . "

但是唐熙华先生，不论你做什么，底线是你得忍住嘲弄“油好，一切都好”的冲动。

One of barack obama 's political problems , a popular quip has it , is that the remote , dispassionate and professorial president is just " not very good with the humans " .

奥巴马在政治上的众多问题之一，用句流行的俏皮话一言以概之，即那高高在上的、毫无同情心而又满是学术派头的总统“有些不食人间烟火”。