"A rich man's joke is always funny" nghĩa là gì?

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"A rich man's joke is always funny" nghĩa là chuyện đùa của người giàu có lúc nào cũng đáng cười hết.

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They say money is honey and a rich man’s joke is always funny. It is commonplace (chuyện tầm thường, cũ rích) to find people enamoured (say mê) with the idea of making money and considering it a panacea (thuốc chữa mọi bệnh tật) for all the ills that plague (gây bệnh dịch) them.

It can be tricky (đòi hỏi phải khéo léo, đòi hỏi phải tinh tế, gian xảo, mẹo kế) to tell people that they talk too much. And in cases where the offender is someone more powerful, like a senior executive or important customer, it can be downright (rành rành) risky. As a result, many “victims” have been suffering in silence for years in meetings that never end or conversations that drain the life out of them. As the saying goes, a rich man’s jokes are always funny.

“A rich man’s jokes are always funny.” Thomas Browne, 1605-1682. Buhari naturally has a lot of rich friends now – especially among the Governors and Ministers of the APC. Hopefully, the President is amused – unlike Queen Victoria, 1819-1901, who frequently told court jesters (người hay pha trò, nói đùa) “We are not amused.” Buhari better be tickled (bị cù, nhột nhột) by the buffoonery (trò hề) his party is exhibiting because they scare the living daylights out of the rest of us.

Bin Kuan

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