"Take the piss out of sb/sth" nghĩa là gì?

Manneken Pis (Flemish, means “little man pee”). Photo courtesy Arild Finne Nybø.

'Take the piss out of somebody/something' nghĩa là lấy ai/cái gì ra làm trò cười (to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be joking, or to be unreasonable; mock, tease, joke, ridicule, or scoff.)

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Foil Arms and Hog perfectly take the piss out of the English football press.

We've done it lads. We've finally done it. After thirty plus years of hurt, we've finally started to properly take the piss out of ourselves and go full meta with the whole England hype train.

Everyone loves it when celebs are prepared to take the piss out of themselves, and if Ryan Reynolds has proved anything over the years, it's that he knows he's as good a target for savage (có ác ý, thù nghịch) trolling as anyone.

After the video clip went viral, people online have been lining up to take the piss out of the driver as well, with one saying that it looked like the man sat at the bar was getting a free Lamborghini with his drink. That'd be quite nice, wouldn't it?

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