clod

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Inside is this giant dirt clod.
那里面是一个巨大的土块。
Sticking out of the clod is a shoe.
从土块里还伸出来一只鞋。
He must distinguish infallibly between the little clod of manure , which sticks to the crocus of necessity, and that which is plastered to it out of bravado.
他必须准确无误地分辩出哪些是出于必要而黏在报春花上面的小小粪土块，哪些是为了虚张声势而有意涂抹在报春花上面的污泥。

Or am I over-thinking this and, instead, I once again acted like a clod?
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