"Light a fire under" nghĩa là gì?

Ngọn lửa chói qua tim. Photo by Cathal Mac an Bheatha

"Light a fire under (someone or something)" = Truyền lửa cho ai/điều gì -> Tạo động lực cho ai/điều gì để bắt tay hành động làm việc gì đó.

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David Berger in July that sought to light a fire under the Corps (quân đoàn) to reorient (định hướng lại, thay đổi quan niệm lại) itself away from traditional ideas of amphibious warfare (cuộc chiến tranh đổ bộ) and COIN.

But does it get pushed to the back of their minds or brought to the forefront to light a fire under the Eskimos offence now? “Really, it’s just about us and our pursuit (sự theo đuổi, đuổi bắt) to where we want to be,” said Eskimos quarterback Trevor Harris. “That feels like a season ago, we feel like we’ve made strides since then, but so have they.

Keeping Union Grove in the game was senior receiver Konner Goetsch. He scored on punt returns of 80 yards in the first quarter and 58 yards in the third. The second pulled the Broncos to within 28-13 and seemed to light a fire under them.

Fort Ligonier will light a fire under its upcoming History Happy Hour. One of its reproduction historical field ovens (lò nướng) will be lit for the event from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 23. Patrons can line up for Connections Café’s crusty (cứng giòn, cộc cằn) artisan (thợ thủ công) pizzas as they pop out of the clay oven (lò đất sét).

Bin Kuan

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