"A quick drop and a sudden stop" nghĩa là gì?

Crater Lake. Photo courtesy Andy Spearing.

'A quick drop and a sudden stop' nghĩa là chết do rơi từ trên cao (nhà cao tầng, vách đá...) xuống đất hoặc do treo cổ (death from either falling from a great height or from hanging); rơi xuống đất chết tốt.

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Actually they would either have the scoop of the century or a quick drop and a sudden stop.

I wouldn't get too close to the edge of that cliff if I were you, you'd have a pretty quick drop and a sudden stop.

Actually, I think there is some merit to capital punishment for white collar crime. The "deterrent" factor of capital punishment provably doesn't work when it comes to violent crime, but I bet you would see a very different outcome if mass fraud could get you a quick drop and a sudden stop.

Some days, examining the evidence does give you that spinning, stomach-sucking feeling you get when leaning too far out a window twenty floors up. It sometimes seems inevitable that, sooner or later, our next step will lead to a quick drop and a sudden stop—on the sharp rocks or pavement below.

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