If I pay a guinea to that society , I shall expect them to grant me considerable privileges , I 'm throwing a sprat to catch a whale .
我要是付一个金币给那个社团,我就期望得到很多优惠待遇,我是投小资求大利。
Daredevil daisy likes the highwire , but juggler jack prefers his feet firmly on the ground . Their first performance doesn 't go quite to plan , but daisy , jack and sprat the cat discover unexpected talents !
The language of science should , in the words of thomas sprat , aim at a ' mathematical plainness ' . It should be clear , simple , accurate and , if possible , unambiguous , though an unambiguous statement is not necessarily clear of simple .