This may sound a little far-fetched but fill a bucket or pail up about a third of the way with cheap beer with a board or something leading to the rim at the top.

这听起来可能有点牵强附会，但如果用三分之一桶廉价啤酒，再在桶边搭上根小木条做引路。

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"Said the director," we fill up a bathtub, and we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him to empty the bathtub. Oh, I understand," said the visitor."

哦……院长说，“是这样，我们先给一个浴缸放满水，然后我们给病人一个茶匙，一个茶杯和一个水桶去把浴缸里面的水放清。”

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