He made frank remarks about women running around like the house was afire, just because they were having company, but wild horses could not have dragged him from the scene.

• 他坦率地批评那些女人仅仅因为有几个客人要来便忙成那个样子，好像屋里着了火似的，不过他对这情景很有兴趣，恐怕来几匹野马也没法把他拉走。