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"The walls have ears" nghĩa là gì?
11 Jul, 2020
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"The walls have ears" = tường cũng có tai đấy -> nghĩa là có ai đang nghe lén/ nghe trộm; 'tai vách mạch rừng'.
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A former secondary school teacher who has lived in Hong Kong for more than a decade (thập niên) said although she loved the city and its people: “I don’t want to live somewhere where the walls have ears.”
They were, as Rawlins puts it, discarded ‘‘like yesterday’s fish and chip wrappers’’. However, there was little the women could do. “Nobody knew what we women were doing because we were told when we got the job that we mustn’t speak about it to anyone, because we were told ‘the walls have ears’,” adds Kathleen.
Careful, the walls have ears. Or more specifically (cụ thể), the smart speaker on the table has ears, as does the phone in your pocket, the fitness band on your wrist, possibly the TV, the fridge, the toaster, and maybe even the toilet. Oh, and your car is listening to you too. Probably.
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