Hand-me-down nghĩa là gì?


Hand-me-down nghĩa là (quần áo) mặc thừa, mặc lại (a garment or other item that has been passed on from another person; secondhand, used, handed-down, passed-on, castoff, worn, old, pre-owned, thrift-store/thrift-shop).

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We are bringing InterCity-class trains on regional routes. We have a history of cascades and hand-me-down stock, and this will shoot us up to the top of quality.

Unlike most journalists, though, he legally can’t have his own social media accounts. He doesn’t have a cell phone number — his hand-me-down iPhone 5S only works on Wi-Fi — and he only checks his email on weekends.

What was once a hand-me-down from his grandpa, the 1965 Chevrolet Corvair has been through several crashes, multiple engines, and a completely new interior. By doing all the work himself, this car has taught the owner everything he knows about cars. It has created the monster we all want to become, if we could afford it.

Daddy wasn't formally educated, having dropped out of school in the sixth grade after his mother and father, Jewish immigrants from Pinsk, Belarus, told him he had to wear his older sister's hand-me-down shoes because they didn't have the money to buy him a pair of his own. He took a certain pride later in having graduated from the "school of hard knocks."

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