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"Old wives' tale" nghĩa là gì?
08 May, 2020
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"Old wives' tale" = chuyện (thêu dệt) của các bà vợ cũ -> nghĩa là điều sai sự thật hoặc mê tín.
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At some point during our formative years (những năm tháng hình thành nhân cách), we all heard an old wives’ tale or two, right? Some seemed innocent (vô hại) enough — think “eating bread crust (mẩu bánh mì khô) will make your hair turn curly” or “cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis (viêm khớp).” But actually, lots of these old wives’ tales came with some extra baggage that may have done a number on our collective psyche. Sure, they may have seemed harmless when we first heard them, they’ve managed to worm (bò vào) themselves into our thought patterns and maybe even created a few bad habits along the way. But don’t blame abuela, she too was passed down this knowledge before she passed it on to you.
“The idea that everyone needs eight hours of sleep is an old wives’ tale, but you do need to protect your personal sleep quota (chỉ tiêu), whether that’s six hours or nine,” says Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, MS. “It’s such an important part of your health.”
An old wives tale says this is lucky, indicating good things are supposed to be coming your way. Now I can't remember if this was the case on the first two occasions of birds depositing on my head, but let's hope this time it's true. . . but not just for me, the whole world needs a large dollop (miếng to) of good fortune right now. Fingers crossed.
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