The sackcloth and ashes have been dispensed with corporate Britain is donning its dinner jacket once again for black-tie bashes.
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He kept the club wrapped in sackcloth.
他一直用麻袋布包着棍子。
He went on about his irresponsible behaviour, the dreadful effect it would have on his children and so on. It was all sackcloth and ashes.
他接着又说到了自己不负责任的行为以及可能对孩子们造成的恶劣影响等等。一时间捶胸顿足，懊悔不已。
" What does he put sackcloth and ashes on his head for? " inquired Huck.
哈克问: “ 他们头上缠粗麻布、抹着灰干嘛? ”
This sounds, the pair write, like wearing sackcloth.
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