Laughing at them one minute and glaring the next, he had them completely bewildered, as if they had one foot in heaven and one in hell. So they found it best to let him call the time.

• 他一瞪眼，和他哈哈一笑，能把人弄得迷迷忽忽的，仿佛一脚登在天堂，一脚登在地狱，只好听他摆弄。