"Hill to die on" nghĩa là gì?

Burgruine Griffen in Kärnten, Österreich. Photo courtesy Polybert49.

'Hill to die on' = 'ngọn đồi khiến ta có thể chết gục trên đó' nghĩa là một việc quan trọng cần phải giải quyết, bất kể khó khăn và những vấn đề rắc rối tiềm tàng có thể nảy sinh (something so important that it must be dealt with, despite the difficulty and potential problems that could result).

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Prominent YouTubers find great anti-semitic hill to die on.

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"In general, I'm not in favor of handing out public money for these kinds of things, but this isn't the hill to die on," said Legislator Patrick Burke, D-Buffalo.

“The appropriators are going to have to pick a hill to die on,” he said. “A lot of them would be more interested in using political capital to preserve grant programs.”

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