Sentence examples of "gadfly" in English
If Socrates's gadfly was in Silicon Valley, it would have a lot of lazy horses to sting.
Если бы овод из рассказов Сократа жил в Силиконовой Долине, то он бы мог себе для ужала выбрать из многих ленивых лошадей.
He's a disillusioned socialist turned gadfly wit, turned seditionist, turned blasphemer.
Он - разочаровавшийся социалист, ставший острословом, ставший мятежником, ставший богохульником.
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