"An Indian giver" nghĩa là gì?

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"An Indian giver" = người da đỏ cho quà -> nghĩa là người đòi lại quà sau khi đã tặng.

Ví dụ
I got a wife and I got kids, and I get to see them every day. So I embrace (ôm chặt) life a little bit more. I'm living, I'm breathing, seeing rather than being in a coma (hôn mê). Scared the (expletive) out of me. I got a second chance. (But) God isn't an Indian giver, he's not going to give you a sense of humor and then take it back.

Abraham won the race, but it turns out that voters in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District are indeed paying for his representation, at a cost of $174,000 per year. So that’s Bridges’ lede, and boy – Abraham sure sounds like something of an Indian giver on that congressional (quốc hội) salary.

When her daughter Kim’s marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries ended after 72 days, Jenner sat down on Good Morning America and called Humphries an “Indian giver” for taking back the engagement ring (nhẫn đính hôn) he’d bought.

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