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"A dead duck" nghĩa là gì?
24 Aug, 2019
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"A dead duck" = con vịt chết -> nghĩa là người hoặc vật vô dụng/vô vọng. Nghĩa khác là một người sắp gặp rắc rối to vì hành động của mình.
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It is too soon to be definitive (dứt khoát) and completely write off as a dead duck the joint Labour Party-Greens initiative to establish (thành lập) a Parliamentary Budget Office which — among other things — would be tasked with costing political parties’ policy programmes and election promises. The omens don’t look good, however.
Davidson County’s Korina Lookabill strayed (đi lạc) too far off the bag when she rounded first following a big single in the bottom of the seventh inning in the American Legion state tournament on Monday. Caldwell’s pitcher already had the ball back from the outfield and Lookabill looked like a dead duck scurrying (chạy hối hả) back to first. But the throw went awry (thất bại), allowing Lauryl Odom to race home from third with the winning run.
This is a dead duck even before it gets started. We never seem to learn. Daihatsu is a low-end (cấp thấp) car manufacturer and you will end up with one of their unwanted engine designs. Luckily, public funds are not thrown in for the office bearers in the company to loot (cướp) it. I hope I am wrong for the sake of (vì lợi ích của) the investors.
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