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"As tough as old boots" nghĩa là gì?
16 Jul, 2019
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'As tough as old boots' = bền/dai như đôi bốt cũ -> Từ này chỉ một sức mạnh/sức khỏe mà ít khi bị ốm hay bị thương. Ngoài ra nó còn mang nghĩa kiên định, đôi khi là cả cứng đầu, bướng bỉnh.
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Showed in Origin that he is a perfect fit in the representative arena (đấu trường, phạm vi). The soft-handed lock doesn’t put a foot wrong, makes his tackles (giải quyết, khắc phục) and is as tough as old boots.
We used to think that these luscious (ngọt ngào) plants with their elegant spires (cọng cỏ, thân) of flowers were too tender (mềm) to leave outside all year. Nowadays, we know that most, if not as tough as old boots, can certainly match a stout (chắc, khỏe) pair of shoes.
What James Lovelock thinks about astronauts who call Earth ‘fragile’ (yếu ớt)… “Why fragile? It’s as tough as old boots. It’s been here billions of years. It can’t be very fragile. There, see, that’s a word that slips in, until it becomes a truth that isn’t a truth. They just don’t understand it. They like the look of it. It looks good, it’s like the view outside here [of Chesil Beach]. It’s beautiful."
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