"On your hands and knees" nghĩa là gì?

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"On (one's) hands and knees" = tay và đầu gối vuông góc với mặt đất. Nghĩa bóng là cầu xin, phục tùng hoặc khiêm nhường. "On one's knees" cũng có nghĩa tương tự.

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Brian May has shared an insight into his recovery following his recent heart attack as he revealed he has been crawling around his house 'on his hands and knees'.

Kneel on your hands and knees, with your hands in front of your shoulders and your knees about hip width apart, or wider if that is more comfortable and your big toes touching.

Many outlets have opted to use adjustable (có thể điều chỉnh) feet to try to overcome this problem but these need to be adjusted constantly when the table is moved to a new position and cannot be considered hygienic (vệ sinh) with employees having to get down on their hands and knees to rectify (chỉnh lại).

This is a farmworker’s life: Riding buses to work, shoulder-to-shoulder. Picking fruits and vegetables in hot fields, on your hands and knees, right next to someone else. Sleeping in cramped (chật hẹp) apartments. It’s these conditions that contribute to the spread the coronavirus, and the reason why farmworkers in America’s tomato capital have one of the highest rates of infection, globally.


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