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"Touch your forelock" nghĩa là gì?
29 Feb, 2020
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"Touch (one's) forelock (quan sát, cảnh giới, thấy trước) " = Thể hiện sự tôn kính/chiếu cố với người có quyền thế cao và bề trên.
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Touch your forelock and I will look after you'. "However the quality of life and the terms and conditions that the workers had was second to none (có một không hai).
Bruce fell for Olivia in the late 1960s after she was a support act for The Shadows, Cliff Richard’s backing band. He went on to date her for five years with the pair even becoming engaged. Despite Olivia ending things, the pair have stayed on friendly terms. “I’m thrilled for her,” says Bruce. “As a mere OBE myself, I will have to doff my cap (tháo/cởi mũ), touch my forelock and bow next time I see her. Maybe I’ll learn to curtsy (khẽ nhún đầu gối cúi chào).”
To which I say – You big lying liars. You can’t lie to us at The Irish Times, you lying liars. We have the data. You love reading about the royals. The royals infuriate (làm tức điên lên) you, but they also confuse you, like a sexy arrogant lead from a 1990s rom com. You hate them, but you also want them to grind you under their heel and to speak to you in crisp posh vowels while you touch your forelock and utter something quaint (là lạ, kỳ quặc) and agricultural from deep in the mud. You liars.
Ka Tina
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