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"Nail your colours to the mast" nghĩa là gì?
02 Jan, 2024
Chọn rồi thì hãy trung thành với FC của mình. Photo by Martí Pardo from Pexels
"Nail (one's) colours to the mast" nghĩa là kiên quyết giữ vững lập trường của mình. "Mast" nghĩa là cột buồm, "colour" ở đây là quốc kỳ. Nếu lá cờ được đóng đinh vào cột buồm chính là dấu hiệu của quyết tâm chiến đấu đến cùng.
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In nailing its colours so clearly to the mast, the council (hội đồng) might hope to discourage (phản đối) applications (ứng dụng), which will inevitably result in refusals (từ chối), so it can concentrate (tập trung) scare resources on enforcing (thực thi) the law.
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