Kissing someone that smokes is like kissing an ashtray.
吻一个烟民就像吻一个烟灰缸。
I usually feel timid in the presence of very bright people.
站在聪明人面前,我感到羞怯。
The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.