There's a lot in what you say, but we have more urgent problems to deal with.
你说的相当有道理,不过我们有更紧要的事情要办。
One barking dog sets all street a-barking.
一狗吠声响,狗吠满街坊。
The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.