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"Empty threat" nghĩa là gì?
10 Jun, 2020
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"Empty threat" nghĩa là mối đe dọa không đáng sợ, không nguy hiểm, không có giá trị.
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But the truth is not at all what they claim. This isn’t an earthquake. It isn’t even a hiccup (trục trặc). It isn’t a calamity (thiên tai). It just a tired, recycled, empty threat.
“Now, Greece is shooting blanks [empty threats] at Turkey. I mean, do they even know what country they are shooting blanks at? Can this be kind of talk be directed at Turkey?” Erdoğan said in the interview.
The foreign minister (ngoại trưởng) emphasised that India should stop making empty threats. Referring to the Indian home minister (nội trưởng) statement from earlier today, he said Shah's comments were irresponsible (vô trách nhiệm) and that the world should take notice.
This has always been a presidency of empty threats. But as the country spirals (lao xuống) into ever lower depths of disaster — health crisis, economic collapse, racial strife (xung đột chủng tộc), violence in the streets — Trump’s trademark combination of tough talk and woefully (đáng buồn) ineffective action has become his standard M.O.
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