"The sands are running out" nghĩa là gì?

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"The sands are running out" có từ sand là cát, đồng hồ cát -> cụm từ này nghĩa là sắp hết thời gian, sắp đến lúc.

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But the public numbers have some veteran Bluegrass State Democrats worried. Longtime strategist (chiến lược gia) Jimmy Cauley, who ran Gov. Steve Beshear’s (D-Ky.) 2007 race, warned that if Grimes doesn’t shift her strategy soon, it might be too late. “I genuinely believe, if it’s an hourglass, the sands are running out,” he told The Hill.

The 4.8 seconds per mile saved on an average car journey have to be measured (đo đạc) against reaches of time so profound that they shade into the sacred. The sands are running out – but it is still not too late to save the Stonehenge landscape.

Rob Gronkowski has been teasing a comeback with all of these big announcements, but the sands are running out on that hourglass (đồng hồ cát). He has until the 30th to decide if he wants to play this season.

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