He never discusses his family affairs either in public or with acquaintances, nor does he speak more than casually about his wife.
他从不在公开场合或与熟人谈论他的家庭琐事，谈论他的妻子时也只是漫不经心地。How much of your time goes to trivial, mundane work rather than the challenging stuff you enjoy and that your boss values?
你有多少时间是浪费在世俗的琐事上，而不是用来完成你所热爱的挑战或者你上司所欣赏的工作上呢？We worried that the heavy rain across the prairie would soon bog our car. Don't bog me down in this mass of detail.
我们担心平原上的大雨将很快使我们的汽车陷入淤泥。不要让我陷入这些难缠的琐事中What I missed was the fact that I was spending so much time on the little things that I halted productivity.
但我没有意识到的是我在这些琐事上花费了如此多的时间，阻碍了我的效率。I've known people who can say the most boring everyday things with such presence that they don't seem to be saying anything boring at all.
我认识一些人，他们可以风度翩翩地谈论最无聊的日常琐事，却丝毫不觉得自己正在谈论任何无聊的事。A bit of lexicographical trivia for you there.
一个对你有位辞书琐事。When a woman feels comfortable opening up to you and telling you details about her life, you'll be way ahead of other men.
如果一个女人对你信任，和你说她生活的琐事，你已经远远地在其他男人的前面了。A trip on business to London? Great, it saves me from the headache chores for at least a week.
出差到伦敦去？太棒了！至少免去我一星期令人头痛的家务琐事。We spend so much of our lives with our parents and yet most of itis devoted to routine and commonplace things.
我们大多数时间都与父母生活在一起，但是这些时间常被琐事虚度掉了。