"Be a ghost of your former self" nghĩa là gì?

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“Like/be a ghost of (someone's or something's) former self” nghĩa là trở thành cái bóng của ai, là phiên bản lỗi của ai/điều gì.

Ví dụ
It seemed clear that in the era of the Big Mac and the Golden Arches the Western was only a ghost of its former self.

For now, she was a busybody around the house, mainly taking care of her mother. Alice Gu was a ghost of her former self.

Though allowed to continue, the feast (tiệc) is now a ghost of its former self: it takes place inside a locked house in total silence.

She looked like the ghost of her former self. Her face was white and worn, her hands were thin, her eyes were sunken (trũng sâu) and surrounded by a black circle.


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