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"Live on borrowed time" nghĩa là gì?
30 Jun, 2017
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'Live on borrowed time' = sống bằng thời gian đi mượn -> nghĩa là còn sống sau một cơn bạo bệnh hiểm nghèo (to exist only because of good fortune; to live on when death was expected); tiếp tục tồn tại lâu hơn ngoài dự kiến (to continue to exist longer than expected).
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