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"In a cleft stick" nghĩa là gì?
20 Dec, 2016
Con đường tơ lụa trên biển. Photo courtesy U.S. Army.
Nếu một người hay một tổ chức 'in a cleft stick', có nghĩa là họ đang trong một tình huống khó khăn, khiến họ rắc rối và sẽ gây phương hại đến bất kỳ điều gì họ định làm (a person or organization is in a cleft stick, mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do).
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Because of new employment laws, these companies are caught in a cleft stick.
He was caught in a cleft stick: keep the marquee acquisitions/projects afloat at whatever cost and bear the strain or ease the financial mess by letting go parts of the empire. Either decision would be equally unpopular.
India does not have the strategic weight to counter this initiative (China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, a concept of building a ‘maritime highway’ that will also involve building new or upgrading existing port facilities in the region) with an alternate proposal of equal or higher advantage for the region. It is therefore caught in a cleft stick.
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