"Get bent" nghĩa là gì?

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"Get bent" = Bẻ cong -> Phản ứng/đáp lại lời nói của ai một cách giận dữ, nổi cáu lên và tỏ ra không hài lòng.

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There’s a hierarchy (thứ bậc) to these organizations, a level of esteem that ebbs and flows depending on the hall. What some people get bent over the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (no Pat Benatar?) is different than, say, wondering how the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s latest class didn’t include Contra.

She talked about a city rebuilt from the ashes after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and about how “resiliency and resolve are baked into our DNA.” She’s certain that Chicagoans will rise to the challenge once again even though the threat of the coronavirus is “real and growing.” “This is our moment to prove ourselves and a nation that, in Chicago, we may get bent, but we will never be broken,” the mayor said.

Stern tried to give Trump a reality check, adding that “the reason his ratings are higher" is "because people are scared shitless.” Clearly, Howie hates the braggadocio (người khoe khoang khoác lác) and a lot of people feel the same way about the president, but let’s add some more context: when networks like CNN and MSNBC threaten to pull the plug on broadcasting the government’s address to the people it’s charged with protecting during a crisis, perhaps the president can hit back or at least joke about it being a dumb idea. It’s a nice way to tell the vicious (xấu, ác ý) media to get bent, can’t we all agree?

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