"Sail under false colors" nghĩa là gì?

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"Sail under false colors" = Căng buồm sai màu -> Đang giả vờ để che giấu bản chất và mục đích thật.

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Besides, there's ways to sail under false colors. VPNs and whatnot. This is nearly the third decade of the 21st century.

“Some companies may see this as a business opportunity to sail under false colours, tricking parents and schools into joining after school programmes, in return for business,” Luk said.

California’s Democratic party was fracturing, just as the country was, over the issue of slavery (tình trạng nô lệ), and the two aforementioned (đã được đề cấp trước đó) gentlemen were occupying places on different spots of the Democratic party spectrum. Terry, who was part of a group of Democrats that advocated for the expansion of slavery and called themselves “The Chivalry,” (người thượng võ, người hiệp sĩ) characterized Broderick and his anti-slavery supporters as “a miserable remnant (tàn dư) of a faction (bè phái) flying under false colors.”


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