be like fish swimming in a cooking pot -- in imminent peril

He was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets.

他正在不满地小声嘟囔时,派克抱着一叠印刷纸回来了.

with much bodily toil and mental travail he wrote the decree upon half a sheet of foolscap and then copy it upon the other.

他用尽全身气力，绞尽脑汁在半张大页书写纸上写下判决词，然后又抄到另外半张纸上。

the notes, written on yellow foolscap, contain an assortment of limericks and anecdotes, drifting into seeming nonsense.

这些写在黄色大页纸上的笔记，有打油诗也有趣闻轶事，表面上看来很荒谬。

i remember when i was a high school student, i would decorate the cover of my foolscap pads with quotes because they were so meaningful.

我至今记得，我还是个高中生时，最喜欢在大大的笔记本封面上写上各种箴言，因为它们饱含着丰富的人生哲理。

The letter is on six sheets of foolscap.

信写在6张大页纸上.