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"Putty in your hands" nghĩa là gì?
19 Mar, 2020
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"Putty in one's hands" = nắm bột nhão trong tay -> nghĩa là dễ dàng kiểm soát hoặc sai khiến, chỉ đạo ai đó.
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In this season’s crop of science fiction (hư cấu), the world turns to putty in our hands, we dodge “calendrical rot” and worry about absolute truth.
Serving customers face to face, the brothers have gotten to see a lot more of what may be their favorite moment - the moment of surprise. They say it never gets old.
"The biggest skeptics (hoài nghi) will come in, and once they try it they're like putty in our hands," said Andrew.I sympathised. It was obvious G had been a victim of the spectre (bóng ma) that haunts domestic life: tradie intimidation (hăm dọa). Tradie intimidation – TI – is when a poor tradesman somehow becomes the boss of you and you become putty in their hands.
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