小事

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

足球队员们因事发生争吵结果有三人被打得鼻。

The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant.

那位老妇人总是为一些事焦虑不安。

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

对不起我为了这点事打扰了你。

He is apt to get excited over trifles.

他容易为事而激动。

He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.

他常在无关紧要的事上浪费精力。

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

他变得喜怒无常、不可理，为点鸡毛蒜皮的事就殴打凯瑟琳。

She flared up at the least thing.

她为了事突然发怒。

Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

事拘谨,大事糊涂。

He was surprised by the triviality of her anxieties.

她对琐碎事的忧心忡忡使他感到惊讶。

She is always worrying about little things.

她老是为事烦恼。

I hate that they should be worried about trifles.

真遗憾, 他们竟为事发愁。

Let's not quarrel about such unimportant matters.

我们不要为这些事争吵了。

This trifle developed itself into a serious problem.

这件事已发展成一个很严重的问题。

The quarrel rose from a mere trifle.

争吵由事引起。

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

犯不上为这点事生这么大气。

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

但是一些事上惹出的连篇谎话都能导致婚姻搁浅。

That is only an ordinary incident.

这只不过是日常事。

It's silly to quarrel over trifles.

为事争吵是愚蠢的。

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

他们是多年的好朋友, 后来为了件事吵起来。

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

争吵只是为了一件事, 但是过了多年他们才言归于好。