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"Butter and egg money" nghĩa là gì?
23 Mar, 2020
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"(Butter and) egg money = tiền bơ và trứng -> tiền mà người làm nông có được để dành cho lúc mưa gió hay bệnh hoạn, thường là của các bà mẹ lượm trứng gà và vắt sữa bò để làm bơ.
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For weeks after he brought that wretched (không may), black orb (quả cầu) home, purchased with the butter and egg money Verdel had tucked away (cất, giấu) in the gravy boat (bát đựng sốt) up on the high shelf of the cupboard, she'd put her foot down.
Usually the wife milked the cows, although a doting husband would sometimes regularly relieve (thay phiên giúp đỡ) her of this task. In any case, however, the “butter-and-egg” money and the proceeds from the sale of any garden vegetables (rau vườn) were sometimes about all that the housewife had to spend as she pleased.
Because I intended (dự định) to squeeze savings from better habits, rather than divert money from other savings, I tried not to pay the hui (tiệc tùng) from my salary. Instead the bottle slowly filled with single bills fished from (lấy từ) my pockets and book bags. I began to fancy my savings as old-fashioned butter and egg money, and myself as a resourceful (tài xoay xở), leathery farm wife like Elizabeth Taylor's mother in National Velvet.
Thu Phương
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