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"Lance the boil" nghĩa là gì?
02 Aug, 2020
Photo by: Markus Spiske on Unsplash
"Lance the boil" -> nghĩa là hành động dứt khoát để giải quyết/kết thúc những vấn đề rắc rối/khó chịu.
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Observing (quan sát) this pattern, Francis Fukuyama of Stanford University speculated to the BBC recently: “The Covid-19 epidemic may actually lance the boil of populism (chủ nghĩa dân túy).”
With word having spread that the Duke was desperate (tuyệt vọng) to speak out and ‘lance the boil’ of the scandal, was he about to bare his soul at the Duchess of York’s knees-up? Or worse, try to make light of the situation?
Which, in all fairness, seems like a pretty minor grievance (mối bất bình). Unfortunately, his boss saw things differently, and had apparently made the decision to lance the boil quickly and send him packing on full pay.
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