My mother always complained of being chained down to housework .
我母亲老是抱怨，她被家务束缚住了。
The tightly chained prisoners , as socrates then points out , can neither see each other nor themselves .
苏格拉底随后指出，被紧紧束缚的囚徒们既无法彼此看到对方，也无法看到他们自己。
No one is free , even the birds are chained to the sky .
没有人是自由的，甚至连鸟儿都被天空束缚。
This is partly because cash-strapped companies are backing away from the old tradition of lifetime employment , but also because many young people do not want to be chained to the same desk for 30 years .
