Someone has had the bright idea to interrupt a nice family game of dominoes to go on a four-hour round-trip to eat at a really not very good restaurant .
Consider , for example , the infamous " domino theory , " kicking around in one form or another since president dwight d. eisenhower 's 1954 " falling dominoes " speech .
No significant dominoes fell after u.s. troops withdrew in 1975 , however , and it was the berlin wall that eventually toppled instead .
1975年,美军从越南撤退,并没有明显的迹象表明多米诺牌倒了;相反的却是,柏林墙最终倒了。
Declaring that we 'll never do it again is no answer : when financial turmoil strikes , standing aside while banks fall like dominoes isn 't an option .
Plainly , the dictators are nervous . But that does not mean that they are about to fall like dominoes .
显然,独裁都很紧张,但这并不意味着他们将像多米诺骨牌一样倒下去。
So far at least , speculators who counted on contagion toppling countries like dominoes have little to show for it , while those who bet the other way have juicy gains .
It is also the first in a series of dominoes that will lead to greater government control of the health-care system .
它也是多米诺骨牌中的第一块,最后将导致政府对医疗保险体系的全面控制。
The crisis began with housing , but the implosion of the bush-era housing bubble has set economic dominoes falling not just in the united states , but around the world .
这场危机始于房地产问题,但是布什时代房地产泡沫的破灭的多米洛骨牌效应不仅波及美国,还有全世界各地。
So the biggest question isn 't how much the s & p downgrade is going to affect the stock market on monday , but how many dominoes will continue to fall as part of the broader crisis of confidence .
So as he stood up to make the first of two eagerly awaited speeches to parliament on august 3rd , italy 's prime minister , silvio berlusconi , may have had an uneasy feeling he was one in a line of dominoes .