toothless people

基本解釋

Even though marriage in Western societies has become a toothless tiger from a legal standpoint, it is still the ambition of most women and 91% of people still get married.
在西方社會中即使婚姻已經在法律上已經成為無齒大蟲時，這依舊是大多數女人夙愿，91%的人仍然會結婚。
Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that opens up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species.
洞察敏銳的小嗝嗝發(fā)現他的族人其實對龍族存有誤解，他們的友誼打開了通往彼此世界的大門。
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