“Die with his boots on” nghĩa là gì?

“Die with one's boots on” -> nghĩa là chết khi còn trẻ/còn đang trong độ tuổi làm việc sung mãn (chết bất đắc kỳ tử; chết treo).

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He told the House: “I will die with my boots on and nobody, nobody under the sun will ever tell me to walk away. I walk away when the people tell me to walk away. I want to make that very clear to everybody in here.

“My dad and my grandaddy always taught the philosophy (triết lý) that you die with your boots on, keep moving,” the twice-elected governor, who stepped down more than a decade ago to serve as an ambassador (đại sứ) for first, a Democratic president, and later a Republican, recently told the Deseret News and KSL editorial boards.

San Antonio, TX Billy C. Shaw, age 83, current residence of San Antonio, Texas and long-time former resident of Conyers, Georgia passed away on September 22, 2020 at 6:11 PM. As promised to Billy this notice states "He is gone!" Billy fought a long and tough fight against cancer that consumed a large portion of his face and neck. Along with metastasized lymphoma his body became weary, he longed to return to Texas to die with his boots on. When the funeral (đám tang) home workers came to pick up his body he was dressed in his pearl snap western shirt, starched creased blue jeans, large silver belt buckle, with his black Stetson hat in one hand and the his Thompson chain Bible in his other hand. Of course, his boots were on.

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