Even the IMF is scratching its head about how much governments truly owe.

就连国际货币基金（IMF）也不知道政府到底欠了多少钱。

It sort of makes people distant with you, when they never know when they'll hear him scratching about.

这让人们对你疏远了， 他们不知道什么时候会听到他四处乱抓。

At length one of them, after long scratching about for his ideas, made bold to speak, " Please, sir, who is the Lord Warden? "

其中有一个水手，挠着脑袋想了很长时间的主意，最后鼓起勇气说道：“请问，先生，谁是港监？”

And while I was scratching my head about what else I could do to realize my plan, I happened to appear in the right place at the right time.

当我绞尽脑汁想着还能做些什么来实现我的计划时 我碰巧在正确的时间出现在了正确的地方。