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"Wear yourself to a frazzle" nghĩa là gì?
28 Jun, 2019
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| Photo by Paolo Bendandi on Unsplash |
"Wear oneself to a frazzle" hoặc "worn to a frazzle" = héo mòn đến kiệt quệ. Cụm từ này nói về người làm việc/ cố gắng quá sức, gây mệt mỏi, căng thẳng.
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The attendant leaned closer. “How so? Doesn’t it light at all?” And that’s how my dad, worn to a frazzle, got hit by a spoonerism (nói lái) like nobody’s business.
"At the end, I had to dress her, bathe her. I had to do everything, she couldn't brush her teeth," he said. "When I look back, I don't even know how I did it myself. I was worn to a frazzle."
When he answers the phone to talk to Westword, Pyn Doll, lead guitarist (tay guitar chính) for the Greek rock band Barb Wire Dolls, sounds like a man who is both worn to a frazzle and spilling over (tràn đầy) with excitement.
Shouldn’t a grandmother who is babysitting (trông trẻ) her daughter’s two small children five days a week get paid something?My brother and his wife have our Mom doing this now for quite some time and they don’t pay her anything. She’s about worn to a frazzle.
Thu Phương
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