"Soft underbelly" nghĩa là gì?

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"Soft underbelly" có từ "underbelly" là phần bụng dưới, mặt dưới của cơ thể con vật. Cụm từ này có nghĩa là điểm yếu, khu vực/vùng dễ bị tấn công của một quốc gia, tổ chức, cá nhân. 

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Chennaiyin FC, meanwhile, showed urgency (gấp rút) to keep the ball and their passing became more fluid (trôi chảy). They weren’t sharp in attack (tấn công sắc bén) but FC Goa’s soft underbelly was exposed in the second half. 

It was also due to America’s drive to control Germany’s influence. At the same time, Bosnia represented (đại diện) NATO’s soft underbelly as NATO was expanding (bành trướng) eastwards against Russia – impossible to leave the area under the control of Serbia, seen as Russia’s client state (nhà nước phụ thuộc), or under Croatia, seen as Germany’s client state.

BVB also committed 14 fouls (phạm lỗi) and earned five yellow cards at Borussia-Park; perhaps not ordinarily figures to be celebrated, but for a team that has often been accused (buộc tội) of having a soft underbelly in recent years, this new steely (cứng rắn) side and ability to grind out scrappy (tranh chấp) wins are much-vaunted (ca ngợi nhiều) hallmarks of champions.

Thu Phương

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