"Punch above its weight” nghĩa là gì?

Croatia football team arrival in Zagreb. Photo courtesy Josip Brombauer.

'Punch above its weight' = đấm (bốc) hơn hạng -> nghĩa là nhắm mục tiêu cao hơn thực lực của mình (a country or organization has more influence internationally than its size would suggest; someone having a romantic relationship with someone who is a lot more attractive than they are...).

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In fact the cold war and Britain’s obsession with punching “above its weight” meant that it was defence spending, not welfare, that consumed 10% of GDP in the early 1950s – including Attlee’s short second ministry, when Bevan resigned as minister of labour in disgust at the introduction of charges for false teeth and spectacles to pay for arms.

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