The predictable initial response is to dismiss the possibility out of hand. As Australia’s wartime prime minister, Ben Chifley, once famously remarked, “The trouble with gentleman’s agreements is that there aren’t enough bloody gentlemen.”
不难预见，对该议案的最初反应是排除了它的可能性。澳大利亚战时总理奇夫利（Ben Chifley）有一个著名的论断：“君子协定的麻烦是找不到足够的热血君子。”