Settle Down or Settle Up? | 安定下来还是还清债务?

English Original

When my brother, a notorious spender, came home for a visit, he told my father he was going to get married and settle down.

Dad said, "Why don't you stay single and settle up?"


中文翻译

我的哥哥是个出了名的挥霍者。他回家探望时,告诉父亲他打算结婚,安定下来。

父亲说:“你为什么不保持单身,先把债还清呢?”

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