"If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck" nghĩa là gì?

Vịt bầu sắp hóa thiên nga. Photo by  Tore Skogheim

"If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck" = Nếu nó trông như vịt và đi như vịt thì nó đúng là con vịt. -> Cái gì có tất cả đặc điểm của một vật/con gì thì đó chính xác là cái mà bạn mô tả bất luận người ta gọi hay mô tả nó là gì.

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If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck. Right? At Viaggio, though, it doesn’t taste like a duck. The voyage (chuyến du hành) promised by Viaggio’s name is not pleasant, at least when it comes to chef Jon Vettriano (ex-Commodore)’s duck agrodolce (nước sốt chua ngọt của Ý, thường gồm giấm và đường).

Though she no longer holds the title, Acosta believes she still has a loyal following in the district – enough to make a difference when she endorses (xác nhận, tán thành), or in the case of Honkala, when she opposes. Acosta is quoted on her Facebook page as saying of Honkala, “If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck!”

McNamara contends that the device in Uber cars is a taximeter. He argues that it calculates the fare (tiền vé) by a combination of distance and time "exactly like our meters. If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it is a duck." The LTDA announced this week that it will be launching private prosecutions against Uber drivers on the grounds of the illegality of their meters.

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