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"Don't know a hawk from a handsaw" nghĩa là gì
04 Jun, 2020
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"Don't know a hawk from a handsaw" = không phân biệt nổi diều hâu và cái cưa -> nghĩa là dốt đặc, không biết gì hết.
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At last, five hours into the proceeding, William Hungate, Democrat from Missouri, gave the proceeding a moment of much-needed humor (hài hước). About the possibility that the president would not understand the general charges against him, Hungate said, “If they don’t understand what we’re talking about now, they don’t know a hawk from a handsaw.”
I don't know a hawk from a handsaw, but like thousands of others who pass through this city it somehow gladdened (làm vui lòng) my heart to know that it was there in Church Lane, its distinctive (đặc biệt) windows crammed with all sorts of wonderful implements, just a few paces away from Miss Moran's tobacco shop ("Smokers Welcome").
Afghan observers, however, doubt such a wish will be granted (phê duyệt). "The truth is, those people don't know a hawk from a handsaw," asserts Geoff Hoon, Britain's Defence Secretary. "Until they stop acting so strangely, until they discontinue the crazy talk and their irresponsible, inexplicable (không thể giải thích được) ways, they are never going to get anywhere."
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