in troubled times ❍ 现在又是这么的～，交通不方便，要等您的朋友们来信赞成，当作证据，真也比螺蛳壳里做道场还难。(鲁迅《故事新编》32) And in troubled times like these,cut off as we are,to get proof in the form of letters of approval from your friends will be more difficult than performing a religious service in a snail-shell.