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"There's a sucker born every minute" nghĩa là gì?
03 Nov, 2023
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"There's one (or a sucker) born every minute" = mỗi phút lại có kẻ ngớ ngẩn được sinh ra -> nghĩa là bảo mọi người ngu ngốc, cả tin.
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Smiling to himself, he thought, If there's a sucker born every minute, most of 'em must end up here.
The only secret being sold is the one that says there's a sucker born every minute. And now that you know that secret, you, too, can just say no. No one but you is going to make you wealthy.
Then, there's a sucker born every minute, as P.T. Barnum—yet another American-born auctioneer (người xướng giá), another flimflam (xảo trá) artist—should never have needed to remind us. Come one, come all: There's room for everyone, inside that tent.
P.T. Barnum, the twentieth century circus mogul and business swash-buckler (côn đồ), was never known for honorable (danh giá) sales practices. His thesis was, “there's a sucker born every minute”. And nowhere was that thesis more in evidence than in the story of the Egress.
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