A field overgrown with briars and brambles, may frequently produce as great a quantity of vegetables as the best cultivated vineyard or corn field. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
There are briars besetting every path, Which call for patient care; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
While Prussia was fighting Austria, Napoleon III was trying to escape with dignity from the briars of Mexico. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.