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"Get the hell out of Dodge" nghĩa là gì?
20 Mar, 2020
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"Get (the hell) out of Dodge" = Ra khỏi Dodge -> Phải rời khỏi nơi nào ngay lập tức/nhanh chóng (thành phố Dodge của Kansas nổi tiếng là nơi đã dựng các bộ phim Cowboy hoặc phim Viễn Tây bắt đầu từ giữa thế kỷ 20).
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All the meetings I had arranged were cancelled or moved to phone calls, events I planned to attend halted, schools were closing down, supermarkets were a battlefield (chiến trường) and all of a sudden I was in LA with a real prospect of being stuck. I made the call to get the hell out of Dodge and booked a flight home leaving on the fourth day to arrive back in Australia hours before the mandatory (bắt buộc) lock down for all overseas travellers.
The question is, how long will ordinary New Yorkers be willing endure the inconveniences, the dangers to their communities, and the ever-mounting fiscal burdens (gánh nặng ngân khố/tài chính)? Evidence suggests that even long-suffering New Yorkers, who have scoffed at the idea of civilized life beyond the Hudson, have had enough and have decided to get the hell out of Dodge. Many more may be joining them soon, but as a parting gift, the Green Light law means a longer wait at the airport if they want to fly out.
How many times have you been told to sit tight in the past week? How infuriating are those words? When you have denied yourself tiny luxuries like regular cappuccinos, your wardrobe is on average 15 years old and you have driven your 1986 Toyota Corolla as far as it will safely go, watching your hard-fought for nest egg collapse by over 20% in less than a month is gutting. In these circumstances it is very difficult to remain calm and unemotional. In fact, you wouldn’t be human if every fibre of your being wasn’t telling you to sell everything and get the hell out of Dodge City. Taking steps to protect yourself and your assets is a normal human instinct. Except in the world of investing, to sell after a fall of this magnitude is simply to lock in the losses and is possibly the worst of all steps to take.
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