"Thread the needle" nghĩa là gì?

"Thread the/a needle" nghĩa là xỏ chỉ luồn kim. Nghĩa khác là tìm kiếm sự hài hòa, cân bằng giữa các bên xung đột, thường sử dụng theo ý mỉa mai.

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is trying to "thread the needle” between the radical (cấp tiến) and moderate (ôn hòa) wing of the Democratic Party in his bid (nỗ lực) to court swing state voters, said RealClearPolitics editor Tom Bevan on Thursday. 

One such franchise (chuỗi phim) that found itself suddenly in need of new material was ABC's The Bachelor, which this summer attempted to thread the needle by airing (phát sóng) The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons — Ever! as a way of re-packaging old seasons and sprucing (chải chuốt) up what would normally be called a regular old clip show.

Since the death of my husband which occurred twenty-nine years ago, I have lived with my children around the old home place. I have always enjoyed good health and do yet, I still make a few yards of cloth occasionally; made a nice piece last winter on the old-fashioned loom (khung cửi). I enjoy good hearing and good eyesight; can thread a needle as good as anybody.

And many students won’t be walking through the doors at all, at least for now, because their parents have chosen the remote-only option. Parents are trying to size up what works best for their children, their jobs and themselves, with many unknowns remaining. Districts, meantime, are trying to thread the needle of restoring education to a somewhat normal state while coping with extraordinary heatlh and safety needs and fears.

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