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"Walk and chew gum at the same time" nghĩa là gì?
27 Jun, 2020
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"Walk and chew gum (at the same time)" = vừa đi vừa nhai kẹo cao su/vừa đi đường vừa kể chuyện -> nghĩa là diễn tả một cách châm biếm khi làm hai hoặc nhiều việc cùng một lúc. Câu này thường dùng mang tính tiêu cực về khả năng không thích hợp (nhiệm vụ, công việc,...).
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“Roosevelt also knew that in a highly dynamic time like his — or the one we’re in now — you have to do a lot more than one thing at a time. I was often criticized, just as President Obama is now, for trying to do too many things at once. Roosevelt understood that in a complex and perilous (hiểm họa) situation, you have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, and he was masterful in doing a variety of difficult things simultaneously (đồng thời).
Let’s just say that this guy can walk and chew gum at the same time. One thing that he hasn’t often done, however, is to guest star on other actors’ series, but he memorably did it this past season on Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” As Dr. Benjamin Ettenberg, he caused our hearts to be broken when, as a potential (and perfect) love interest for Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), she dumped him to concentrate on her career as a stand-up comic. No, Midge, what are you thinking? Nonetheless, Levi’s Dr. Ettenberg made an enormous impression, and maybe, just maybe, he will return.
To counter this disastrous strategic error (lỗi về chiến lược thảm hại), I offer in place the simple but spot-on wisdom (sự khôn ngoan) of my grandmother: We must learn to walk and chew gum at the same time. The U.S. and its democratic allies must factor in far more seriously the need to eradicate (trừ tiệt) and mitigate (giảm nhẹ) the coronavirus and future pandemics, learn the present geopolitical (thuộc về khoa địa chính trị) lessons of the virus, and at the same time continue to go about reconfiguring (tái cấu hình) our militaries to deal with a world of increasing great power competition.
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