求英文译文：丢失一个钉子，坏了一只蹄铁； 坏了一只蹄铁， ......亡了一个帝国。 谢谢！

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe , the Empire was lost .

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原文：

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the rider was lost; for want of the rider, the battle was lost; for want of a battle, the kingdom was lost; all for the want of a horseshoe nail.-- Benjamin Franklin

A nail lost, a hoof down. A hoof down, an empire lost.
句型可以是这样的。

lost a nail
broke a clevis
perish a nation