"Three-ring circus" nghĩa là gì?

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'Three-ring circus' = ba góc biểu diễn xiếc, từ này bắt nguồn từ gánh xiếc khi cả ba góc sân khấu đều được biểu diễn cùng lúc (khán giả sẽ khó tập trung xem hết) -> tình thế khó khăn, thường là do có nhiều việc xảy ra cùng lúc

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Pluto says the team under first-year head coach Freddie Kitchens is handling the off-the-field drama much differently. "This is just a minor sideshow. Before it would have been a three-ring circus," Pluto said.

The Atlantic has become a three-ring circus of tropical (nhiệt đới) activity with Dorian in the center ring and other areas brewing (tích tụ mây đen) to the right over the central and eastern part of the main ocean.

Mattis has a deep respect for the office of the president even if he has little good to say about its current occupant. He recently told an interviewer from The Atlantic that he found Trump to be a man with "limited cognitive (liên quan đến nhận thức) ability" and that he displayed "dubious (không rõ ràng, minh bạch) behavior." (Literal translation: dumb and dishonest.) To anyone familiar with the three-ring circus going on in Washington for the past few years, the assessment comes as no surprise.

Do we really need three-ring circus “debates” to figure out that the only two candidates in the running for president who should be taken seriously are Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren? Perhaps with Joe Biden still leading the pack; the sooner he is put back out to pasture, the better. Perhaps with Kamala Harris running for president instead of an office that suits her better — like Commander of the Secret Police. Perhaps to give national exposure to persons who might make decent running mates or be useful in a Sanders or Warren administration.

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