Friend: You don’t look so good, old man. What’s wrong?
朋友：你看上去气色不大好。出了什么事？
Harry: I got domestic trouble.
哈里：我家里出了事。
Friend: But, Harry, you always said your wife was a pearl.
朋友：可是，哈里，你总是说你的妻子是个珍珠呀。
- pearl 喻指“像珍珠之物”或“极有价值的东西”
Harry: Yeah, she is. It’s the mother-of-pearl that’s the problem.
哈里：是的，她的确是。问题在于那个珍珠母亲。
