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"Play Old Harry with" nghĩa là gì?
11 Mar, 2020
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"Play Old Harry with" = Phá hoại, gây rắc rối và sự đau khổ cho ai/điều gì. "Old Harry" là tên gọi/nickname của ma quỷ.
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Everybody knows that fruit is good for children's health, so thought a mother from Australia, who gave her son bananas for a snack break at school. However, she had no idea that her creativity would play Old Harry with her.
If she thinks her criteria for proximity relate to a few feet, that's going to play Old Harry with little league and softball games. if her concerns are to be based on potentially lethal actions, we are back to the mile sorts of distances. perchance she really means the distance within which a dog whistle can be heard.
Trump realizes the extent to which his presidency (nhiệm kỳ tổng thống) hinges (xoay quanh, điểm mấu chốt) upon a thriving economy and stock market. He will therefore settle upon a deal and declare resounding victory. The stock market will rally hard on the news. But it will be short-lived. Political uncertainty will play Old Harry with market. The Mueller investigation will soon come out. We hazard it will reveal no evidence whatsoever of Russian collusion (sự câu kết, sự thông đồng).
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