Just when the workers were about to go on strike, the wives began to point out that they would have no money for Christmas, and the movement went off the boil.
正当工人将要罢工时，他们的妻子开始指出这样将没钱过圣诞节了，于是工潮便冷却下来。
If the buses and underground go on strike, business in London will grind to halt.
