It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.
Примеры метафор - на языке оригинала (русском или английском). При нажатии на треугольную кнопку (в левом поле карточек) открывается перевод на второй из этих языков.