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"Down and out" nghĩa là gì?
28 Aug, 2022
Roughol viết sách bán chạy nhưng vẫn cơ cực ở Paris. Photo courtesy mb.com.ph.
'Down and out' dùng để chỉ một người không tiền, công việc ổn định hay nhà để ở ((of a person) without money, a job, or a place to live; destitute); nghèo túng, cơ cực (destitute, poverty-stricken, impoverished, penniless, insolvent, impecunious; needy, in straitened circumstances, distressed, badly off; homeless, on the streets, vagrant, sleeping rough; hard up, broke, strapped (for cash), without a red cent, on skid row).
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