I'd druther they was devils a dern sight.

我宁愿他们是魔鬼。

Any way I'm a thief—make the most of that—but I'm not a devil from hell, God strike me dead.

无论如何我都是一个小偷——充分利用这一点——但我不是来自地狱的恶魔， 上帝让我死了。

And it was sort of the view in the markets that the government's taking almost a devil may care approach to public finances.

市场上的某种观点认为，政府对公共财政采取了一种近乎危言耸听的态度。