All the people of whom you and I are the rag-tag and bobtail, all the camp followers of western civilization, we have taken it for granted that even if we did not live up to those exalted ethical standards, we did a great deal 我们所有的人,包括你和我这样的下层平民,以及所有西方文明的依附者都认为,即使我们尚未达到那些崇高的道德标准,我们也还是是比别的任何人都干得好得多。
If he's a prominent barrister with a big connection he'll have plenty of money; but the rag-tag and bobtail of the profession don't make all that much, you know. 如果他是一个社会联系广泛的名律师,他就会很有钱,但是你知道他社会地位低下,并没有很多钱。
All the people of whom you and I are the rag-tag and bobtail, all the camp followers of western civilization, we have taken it for granted that even if we did not live up to those exalted ethical standards, we did a great deal 我们所有的人,包括你和我这样的下层平民,以及所有西方文明的依附者都认为,即使我们尚未达到那些崇高的道德标准,我们也还是是比别的任何人都干得好得多。
bobtail
[ noun ]
a short or shortened tail of certain animals
<noun.animal>
large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
<noun.animal> [ adj ]
having a short or shortened tail
<adj.all> bobtail mare
Bobtail \Bob"tail`\, n. [Bob + tail.] An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
{Rag, tag, and bobtail}, the rabble.
Bobtail \Bob"tail`\, a. Bobtailed. ``Bobtail cur.'' --Marryat.