Once someone came in and hocked seven or eight high-class automobiles at once to get cash to play the stock market, immediately buying back his beloved cars after making a fast killing. But it's completely different now in these harsh belt-tightening days.
有人一次當了七、八台名車去炒股，轉手大賺一筆後立刻贖回愛車，和現在勒緊褲帶慘澹度日完全不同。