乡村生活的白痴

frugal life───节俭生活

not on your life───一点也不；绝对不行

slice of life───如实地反映生活或经验的一个侧面

time of one's life───一生中的时光

It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life.───它创立了巨大的城市，使城市人口比农村人口大大增加起来，因而使很大一部分居民脱离了农村生活的愚昧状态。