to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
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Sherlock Holmes just graduated from police school and stands guard in the outhouse. Still wearing his graduation cap and carrying a huge shield, he's protecting the outhouse's art. The visitors are a bit afraid of him, so he thumbs up to show them that there's no danger from him.
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人心不足,蛇吞象: A person who always wants more is like a snake which wants to eat an elephant.
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Guy Fawkes found a snake who ate an elephant in the engine's bathroom, and now it can't move anymore. Together with his friends Bigfoot and the sun, he carries it out of the bathroom.