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"To a Tee" nghĩa là gì?
02 Feb, 2013
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Tượng sáp giống như tạc của Nữ hoàng Elizabeth II và Hoàng thân Philip tại bảo tàng Madame Tussauds ở London.
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Tee ở đây có nghĩa là chữ “T” trong bảng chữ cái. Thành ngữ 'to a tee' có nghĩa là hoàn hảo, chính xác, với đầy đủ mọi chi tiết.
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“My wife suggested that we have a nice portrait painted of our family. So we sat for the artist, and a couple of weeks later he told us he’d finished. I had my doubts that the painting would come out really looking like us. But when he unveiled it, I was astonished! He captured our likenesses to a tee (giống như tạc).”
“With my job interview coming up, I wanted to look my best. I decided it was worth spending extra money on an expensive designer suit. After trying on several, I found one that fit me to a tee (vừa như in). It was as if a tailor had made it to my exact measurements.”
Death có nghĩa là cái chết. Thành ngữ to death nghĩa đen là cho đến chết, và nghĩa bóng là tới một mức độ không thể chịu đựng được.
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“One of my neighbors stopped by the other day to bring me some mail that had been mistakenly delivered to her house. She was very helpful but she couldn’t stop boasting about her children’s accomplishments. Maybe she found it interesting, but I was bored to death (chán ngấy). I guess she had no idea how incredibly dull she sounded.”
“I remember walking late at night in New York City years ago. A stranger came up behind me and pointed a gun at my back. He told me to hand over my wallet. I said I didn’t have it on me, which was the truth. I was scared to death (sợ gần chết) he was going to shoot. Fortunately, he ran and disappeared into a crowd.”
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