"Be running on fumes" nghĩa là gì?

McCain hụt hơi. Photo courtesy Grant Stancliff.

'Be running on fumes' có từ fume là hơi, khói -> cụm từ này nghĩa là tiếp tục làm gì mà không còn nhiệt tình, năng lượng hay nguồn lực (to be continuing to operate with no or very little enthusiasm, energy, or resources left); xe chạy mà còn ít xăng...

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Nadal now just one game away from a quarter-final spot as he looks to defend his title - Basilashvili looks to be running on fumes. 15-all before Basilashvili finds yet another forehand winner (his 19th of the contest) and holds on to force Nadal to serve it out and the Georgian deserves that.

In 2007, he gave Iowa a try but skipped the once-vaunted Iowa GOP Straw Poll. It was the source of much Republican consternation (kinh hoàng, kinh ngạc, thất kinh, khiếp đảm) at the time. And by late summer, McCain’s campaign was shedding staff and running on fumes, so he turned his attention to New Hampshire and beyond. In New Hampshire, a high school kid asked him if he was too old to be president. “Thanks for the question, you little jerk,” McCain quipped.

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