"Throw down the gauntlet" nghĩa là gì?

The Hundred Swords: Battle of Five Bridges. Photo courtesy Stephen Dann.

'Throw/fling down the gauntlet' có từ gauntlet là bao tay/găng sắt (đeo khi chiến đấu) hay bao tay/găng dài (để đánh kiếm, lái xe...); và vì thế cụm từ này nghĩa là thách đấu (to offer a challenge).

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The concept of an international order with prescribed limits of state action was overthrown in favor of a permanent revolution that knew only total victory or defeat. In November 1792, the French National Assembly threw down the gauntlet to Europe with a pair of extraordinary decrees.

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