"Return to the fold" nghĩa là gì?

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"Return to the fold" nghĩa là về lại chốn cũ, trở về với gia đình (cũng có tính ép buộc). "Fold" được dùng với nghĩa chuồng trại nhốt cừu và được sử dụng theo nghĩa bóng từ nửa cuối những năm 1300.

Ví dụ
You will recall that Mormon's dying wish was that his Lamanite cousins would return to the fold and subject themselves again to God's will.

Angelique, the prodigal son (đứa con hoang tàng) came home, not because he was sorry for his wild waste, not because he longed (mong ước) to return to the “fold.”

He only hoped that the Tibetans would return to the fold of the Central government so that the Government would be relieved of its anxiety (bớt lo lắng) regarding the western frontier (biên giới).

Failure to entice (lôi kéo) Levi to return to the fold led to desperate efforts to gain the cooperation of MKs of every shade. Pledges (cam kết) were made to Arab MKs and to moderates (tiết chế) such as Levi that in return for their votes Wye would be honored.


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