The workers were told that they had nothing to lose but their chains.工人们被告知, 他们只是摆脱了束缚, 并没有失去什么。

The country had finally thrown off the chains of colonial rule.这个国家终于挣脱了殖民统治的枷锁。

Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.人生来是自由的, 却处处受到束缚。