A：May doesn't get along very well with her mother-in-law.
玫和她的婆媳相處不好。
B：Yeah. That's just what is troubling John.
是呀，那就是John煩心的事情。
A：Poor John! He is bottering both sides of this bread.
可憐的John!他要兩頭做人。
B：This situation isn't easy to handle.
這可真不好辦。
注釋:
butter bother sides of one's bread
butter是動(dòng)詞，意思是“將黃油涂于面包上”，這個(gè)習(xí)語的字面意思就是“把里面和外面都涂上黃油”，引申為“左右逢源”。