It was all well and good to let them strike the first blow, but if they hit us hard below the belt, we should take an ax and cut their hands off.

让他们先下手为强也就罢了，但如果他们暗中狠狠地打击我们的要害，我们就应该拿起一把斧头砍断他们的手。

Our hands are on strike.

我们的工人都罢工了。

I said it was all well and good to let them strike the first blow, but if they hit us hard below the belt, we should take a meat ax and cut their hands off.

我说，我们容忍共和党人先出手，向我们发动攻击，这也就罢了，但如果他们不正当地抨击我们的要害部位，我们就应该拿起一把剁肉的斧头，将他们的手砍断。

Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of my spear; I won't strike him twice."

亚比筛对大卫说，现在神将你的仇敌交在你手里，求你容我拿枪将他刺透在地，一刺就成，不用再刺。

Soon, Madame Defarge's hands ceased to strike, and felt at her encircled waist.

德伐日太太马上停止了殴打，伸手往被搂紧的腰间摸去。