Without sugar or cream it was bitter as gall, for the sorghum used for " long sweetening" did little to improve the taste.

既没有糖，又没有奶酪，这种饮料苦得像胆汁，尽管放了所谓" 长效糖剂" 的高粱饴糖也还是苦。

Somehow the bright beauty had gone from the April afternoon and from her heart as well and the sad sweetness of remembering was as bitter as gall.

不知怎的，四月下午那种炫目的美现在已经消失，同样也从她心里消失了，而那带点悲凉的回忆的美味却苦得像胆汁一样了。