"Watch my dust" nghĩa là gì?

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Chúng ta dùng cụm từ "watch my dust" (hãy nhìn bụi của tôi này) khi muốn cho người khác thấy mình nhanh như thế nào, thực hiện công việc tốt như thế nào, thành công như thế nào!

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She added that it is often a matter of recognizing and adjusting (điều chỉnh) to new limitations. “I know my balance isn’t what it was,” Dr. Hummel said. “But with a cane (cây gậy), it’s hard for people to keep up with me. It’s like, ‘Watch my dust!’”

“I am the sailor on horseback (ngồi trên lưng ngựa)! Watch my dust! Oh, I shall make mistakes a-many; but watch my dreams come true...Try to dream with me my dreams of fruitful (màu mỡ) acres (đất cày cấy). Do not be a slave to an old conception. Try to realize what I am after.” — quoted by Charmian Kittredge London, 1921

“The problem is, of course, our politicians, men who have no romance in their hearts or dreams in their heads. JFK, for a brief moment in his last year, challenged us to go to the moon. But even he wasn’t motivated by astronomical (thiên văn) love. He cried, ‘Watch my dust!’ to the Russians, and we were off.” — 1996, Playboy


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