If you take action on every idea that seems good in the moment, you will very likely just dig yourself into a deeper hole.

如果对于每一个看起来很好的想法你都立刻付诸行动，那么你将很有可能把自己埋到一个更深的坑里。

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This has to be a part of this agreement or else, we just continue to dig the hole deeper, asking folks to allow us to kick the can down the road further and that we don't want to do.

这只是这个协议中的一部分，我们要继续深入探讨，号召民众允许我们摆脱路上的阻碍，以及我们不愿意做的事情。

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The FOMC should be looking for a way to slip out from under that promise, not dig the hole deeper.

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MPs, who made Mr Brown their leader without demur, into distancing themselves from him or embracing outright defeatism a panicked fickleness that serves only to dig their collective hole deeper.

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Financial advisers recommend that students who are at risk of defaulting on their federal loans should first consider alternative options that won't dig them into a deeper hole.

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