"Be for the chop" nghĩa là gì?

Cho tôi 6 giờ để đốn 1 cái cây, tôi sẽ dành 4 giờ đầu mài sắc lưỡi rìu. Image by Robert Hell from Pixabay

"Be for the chop" = bị chặt, bị lên thớt -> ý nói sắp mất việc, bị loại hay sắp bị ngừng hoạt động, đóng cửa.

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He substituted (thay thế) Liam Brady before half-time against West Germany at Lansdowne Road in 1989 as he showed that anyone was up for the chop if they didn’t perform (thể hiện) as he wanted.

BBM set for the chop. Once-popular messaging app BBM reached the end of the road, with rights holder (người nắm giữ bản quyền) Emtek planning to axe (cắt bớt) the service (dịch vụ) on 31 May due to difficulty replacing (thay thế) users which are moving to other platforms (nền tảng).

DANNY ROSE is one of eight Spurs players reportedly (được đưa tin là) heading for the chop this summer. The Mail claims Mauricio Pochettino is set to offload (giảm bớt) a number of first-teamers (thành viên của đội đầu tiên) as he looks to rebuild his squad (đội) after last season’s Champions League final defeat (thất bại).

Talk that Mercedes-Benz's X-class ute is for the chop has been received coolly by the national distributor (nhà phân phối). Automotive News Europe, a highly respected (được tôn trọng) industry watcher (người theo dõi tình hình), claims (cho rằng) the new pickup truck (xe bán tải) has so spectacularly (ngoạn mục) failed to hit the spot in key markets (thị trường) - including Australia and New Zealand - it won't survive (tồn tại).

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