Who's next on the chopping block?

谁是砧板上的下一块肉？

This traffic law is on the chopping block.

这项交通法规要被废除掉。

As a result, education is on the chopping block.

因此教育成了砧板上的鱼肉任人宰割。

Seven fire companies and several city swimming pools are on the chopping block.

七家消防公司和几个市内游泳馆已经被搬上了砧板。

Unfortunately, the end result is that it isn't just cars on the chopping block.

不幸的是，最后的结果是在临死边缘不仅仅是汽车。

This makes it troubling that many cities and states, struggling to make up budget shortfalls, have put schools on the chopping block.

很多疲于应对预算减少的城市和州已把学校列入牺牲对象，这着实令人担忧。

Then the small rats are chopped up very finely on the chopping block, small bones and all, until a sort of fine ground meat is made into a paste.

较小的田鼠的心和肝都被另外装盘 在案板被切成大小合适的带骨头肉块.

The cleaning and preparation for cooking the rat is also quite a process. The small feet and tail are first cut off on a wood chopping block.

清洗和准备烹调这些田鼠也破费功夫.小爪子和尾巴首先在一个木头墩子上被切掉 从耳朵后面切开 这样可以把整个皮扯下来 之后砍连着皮毛的头.

Many of the businesses he would like to unload, such as Primerica, a seller of insurance, have been on the chopping-block for a while.

有许多业务他可能会拆分，例如保险销售业务Primerica已经在案板上等候多时了。

They kept a big stump in the house as a chopping block to kill cows on.

他们在房子里放了一个树桩，当成杀牛的砧板。

Newton and Darwin, two of the greatest theoreticians, both set out ideas in this way, putting their heads on Nature's chopping block.

牛顿与达尔文这两位最伟大的理论家都是这样阐述他们的观点并将他们的头颅置于‘自然’的砧板上的。