「漫天大謊好像困在陸地的大魚，它可以急蹦亂跳，使你感到極為不安，但它不能傷害你，你只要不為所動，它就會自然死去。」“A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.”

“A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.”
– George Crabbe, Poet

「漫天大謊好像困在陸地的大魚，它可以急蹦亂跳，使你感到極為不安，但它不能傷害你，你只要不為所動，它就會自然死去。」– 喬治‧克雷布 (詩人)
fret (v.) (多餘的) 煩惱，發愁。例：She’s always fretting about her kids. (她總是為孩子的事擔憂。) fling (v.) 用力拋擲。例：The graduates cheered and flung their hats into the air. (畢業生歡呼並把帽子拋向空中。) frightful (adj.) 可怕的，糟的。例：a frightful accident on the highway. (高速公路上一起可怕的意外事故。)
喬治‧克雷布 (1754-1832) 是英國詩人、醫生及牧師，以描繪中產及勞動階級百姓而聞名。他早年在醫界服務，之後轉職為詩人，受到愛爾蘭政治家及哲學家埃德蒙‧伯克的賞識，並在他的引介下，晚年進入教堂服務。