Wicks

It’s very hard to turn the wick up and down.

这灯芯很难旋上旋下。

Martha's approaching her century and as wick as a flea.

玛撒快满百岁了，却像只跳蚤。

The boss gets on my wick with his everlasting complaints about timekeeping. And he thinks nothing of rolling up to the office at ten o'clock himself.

上司总抱怨说我们不守时, 真令我烦透了。可他对自己10点钟才到办公室却一点也不在乎。