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"Empty vessels make the most sound" nghĩa là gì?
11 Oct, 2019
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"Empty vessels make the most sound" -> nghĩa là người ngu dốt/kém hiểu biết thường hay nói dài, nói dai, nói nhiều; 'thùng rỗng kêu to' đó các bạn.
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Empty vessels make the most sound, according to the proverb (tục ngữ). So too does empty voting. Last week, accusations of empty voting — where investors borrow voting shares for short periods to swing the outcome at meetings — began to reverberate (vang lại) around the market ahead of Premier Food’s shareholder (cổ đông) meeting next week.
‘Empty vessels make the most sound’ or so goes the proverb. When it comes to some self appointed (tự bổ nhiệm) non elected (không qua bầu cử) speakers on behalf of (thay mặt) already well represented communities in Northern Ireland.
But she also agreed with the old saying: “Empty vessels make the most sound.” Modern feminism (người theo chủ nghĩa nữ quyền) has to hit a happy medium between these extremes. Don’t make noise for the sake of it, but don’t shut up either.
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