“They had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”
他们有五百年的民主与和平,结果出了什么?布谷鸟钟。
用一句反问把整段歪理钉在笑点上,是影史最著名的台词之一。
X had ..., and what did that produce?
要讽刺某种和平却平庸的结果时用;正式写作或安慰人时别套这种讥讽。
So much comfort, and what did it ever give us? / All that peace, and what came of it?
literary
democracy and peace 连读,what did 弱读,cuckoo clock 一字一顿。
They had every advantage, and what did that produce? Nothing worth keeping. 他们条件样样占优,结果呢?没一样拿得出手。