It was incongruous to see a thief sitting there cheek by jowl with the policeman.

一个小偷同一个警察亲切地坐在一起,这看上去很不协调。

If he’d known that he was to find himself seated cheek by jowl with his old enemy he wouldn’t have attended the dinner.

要是他知道会跟仇家紧靠在一起聚餐的话，他根本就不会来。