"Put the arm on" nghĩa là gì?

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"Put the arm (cánh tay/quyền lực) on" = Lợi dụng quyền lực để gây áp lực tới ai; yêu cầu/áp đặt ai phải đóng góp tiền bạc.

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“You know, I watched Pelosi out there saying, ‘Oh, no, we don’t want to talk to anybody.’ They put the arm on everybody. They tried to get ‘em to do what they had to do,” he said, claiming that other Democrats wanted to vote against impeachment.

Donald Trump has said he 'doesn't feel like' he's being impeached because the impeachment inquiry into him was 'a hoax' (trò chơi khăm). Responding to the question of how it feels to be the third president impeached by the House, Trump criticised the Democratic party saying 'they happen to have a small majority and they took that and forced people', adding: 'they put the arm on everybody'.

Jeanne has been the workhorse (ngựa kéo, người được những người khác trông cậy để làm nhiều công việc nặng nhọc) of the organization for many years, doing extensive genealogical (phả hệ) work not only for local residents, but for people from across the country whose ancestors (tổ tiên) at one time lived in the area. For many years she has decorated one of the streetside front windows of the museum monthly, and she has saved thousands and thousands of dollars obtaining grants for the museum, from copy machines to a new boiler. She is also responsible for the acquisition of the mannequins (người nộm), which are the envy of other museums. She put the arm on Charles Chappell when his chain of women's wear stores in the area closed, and so it was that a truckload of nude mannequins was brought from Syracuse to the amazement of passersby (khách qua đường (như) passer).

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