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"It takes three generations to make a gentleman" nghĩa là gì?
20 Sep, 2016
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'It takes three generations to make a gentleman' = phải mất 3 thế hệ, đến đời cháu mới là một quý ông -> = trăm năm trồng người.
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Among Democratic presidential nominees in the same era, only Kerry — related to the wealthy Forbes, Winthrop and Dudley families of the Northeast — could claim anything like the pedigree of the Bushes. If it takes three generations to make a gentleman, or even two, Al Gore doesn’t qualify as upper class. His father, who preceded him as a senator from Tennessee, came from a modest background and received his law degree from the Nashville YMCA Night School of Law. The other Democratic nominees in the 1980-2008 period came from middle-class backgrounds, like Barack Obama, the son of two college professors. Bill Clinton was born into the lower middle class.
Ahmad Soliman, who writes children’s books, stakes out a middle ground. Cultural change will take time and must begin with education: “The English have a saying,” he says. “It takes three generations to make a gentleman.” And it might take that long for Egypt to compete, once again, on the international stage.
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Đời trước mở đường, đời sau đi lại.
One generation plants the trees under whose cool shade another generation takes it ease.
Đời trước trồng cây, đời sau nghỉ dưới bóng mát.