"Back-scratching" nghĩa là gì?

Photo courtesy Susanne Nilsson.

'Back-scratching' = gãi lưng (cho nhau); nghĩa là giúp đỡ lẫn nhau, nhất là trong những trường hợp, tính hợp pháp của thỏa thuận, dịch vụ đó không rõ ràng (the mutual providing of favors or services, especially when the legitimacy of such dealings is doubtful), 'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' = 'anh giúp tôi, tôi giúp anh'.

Ví dụ
Incredibly, Skelos responded with the perspective (triển vọng, tiền đồ) of a man who actually believes anything goes in Albany, no matter how much money changes hands or how vigorous (mãnh liệt) the back-scratching.

Lawmakers designed the Pennsylvania Ethics Act to eliminate (xóa bỏ) conflicts of interest, but the statute (quy chế) cannot prevent cases of back-scratching among elected officials who vote to hire their colleagues’ kin and abstain on votes to hire their own relatives.

What Alberta desperately needs is a political housecleaning – 100 auditors to comb through 44 years of PC secret deals and back-scratching. New anti-corruption laws. More accountability and democracy. That’s what Albertans want. And you don’t have to be a socialist to vote for that.

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