小事

A brouhaha by the football players resulted in three black eyes.

足球队员们因发生争吵结果有三人被打得鼻青脸肿。

The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant.

那位老妇人总是为一些焦虑不安。

I am sorry to have deranged you for so small a matter.

对不起我为了这打扰了你。

He is apt to get excited over trifles.

他容易为而激动。

He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.

他常在无关紧要上浪费精力。

He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse.

他变得喜怒无常、不可理，为鸡毛蒜皮就殴打凯瑟琳。

She flared up at the least thing.

她为了突然发怒。

Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

拘谨,大糊涂。

He was surprised by the triviality of her anxieties.

她对琐碎忡忡使他感到惊讶。

She is always worrying about little things.

她老是为烦恼。

I hate that they should be worried about trifles.

真遗憾, 他们竟为区区发愁。

Let's not quarrel about such unimportant matters.

我们不要为这些争吵了。

This trifle developed itself into a serious problem.

这件已发展成一个很严重问题。

The quarrel rose from a mere trifle.

争吵由引起。

There’s no need to get so steamed up over such a small problem.

犯不上为这生这么大气。

But consistent lying -- even about minor matters -- can unglue a marriage.

但是一些上惹出连篇谎话都能导致婚姻搁浅。

That is only an ordinary incident.

这只不过是日常。

It's silly to quarrel over trifles.

为争吵是愚蠢。

They had been quite good friends for years, until they fell out about some trivial matter.

他们是多年好朋友, 后来为了件吵起来。

The quarrel was only about a trivial matter, but it was years before they made it up.

争吵只是为了一件, 但是过了多年他们才言归于好。