"Sit at my feet" nghĩa là gì?

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"Sit at someone's feet" hay "be at someone's feet" (ngồi rạp dưới chân ai đó) có nghĩa là bị ai đó quyến rũ hoặc làm cho say mê, mê hoặc.

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My workplace, a comedy club, is unlike any other. A group of strangers is brought to me. They sit at my feet and listen as I talk. All the things I say were made up (bịa ra), by me.

Ideally, you become one of the industry experts in your chosen area. You write articles and books and speak about the subject matter with confidence and passion. You know your stuff. And people flock (tụ tập/quây quần) to you to sit at your feet.

“A lot of times people think mentorship (hoạt động cố vấn) is, We’ll hang out, I’ll tell you all these words of wisdom, you’ll sit at my feet and we’ll make s’mores together,” the Emmy-winning screenwriter (nhà biên kịch), producer and actress says with a laugh. “That’s not what mentorship is.


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