"Give a thick ear" nghĩa là gì?

Cưng quá nè. Photo by  Andrew Le

"Give (one) a thick ear" = Cho ai một cái bạt tai -> Kỷ luật hoặc trừng phạt ai.

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Or even just give them a thick ear, if that could possibly work for a Lineker. They don't complain bitterly about the school.

“If I went home and had an American accent, my father would give me a thick ear,” Londra said. “It wouldn’t work well for me to go home sounding like a Yank.”

"You can't fight the times you live in," Rock continues. "I don't have any prejudice (định kiến) against the modern world just because I was spawned back in the Seventies. The main difference is that back then all I did was shoot and chase girls, but nowadays I don't have time and besides, my wife would give me a thick ear if I did!"

Bin Kuan

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