"Not say a dicky bird" nghĩa là gì?

"Not say a dicky bird" -> nghĩa là không trò chuyện, không nói một lời nào hết.

Ví dụ

"So I said :'Can I just ask a question - What's he doing?' The MD doesn't say a dicky bird but one of others says :'Harry what are you doing?' And Harry says :'I'm picking my spares (thừa ra) order'.'Spares?' I say. 'Nobody say anything about spares!' 

According to The Guardian, the GMB union said that Amazon did not say “a dicky bird about cutting staff benefits (lợi nhuận)” when they announced the $15 minimum wage. They also said that staff would no longer be able to earn bonuses (tiền thưởng) over the Christmas period.

"He's let his contract (hợp đồng) run down and no one has said a dicky-bird about it. We've seen so many players get plenty of stick over running down their contract and leaving on a free. Normally everybody goes mad but with Willian, because he's played so well, it's gone under the radar."

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