"Scrape an acquaintance with" nghĩa là gì?

"Scrape an acquaintance with" có acquaintance là làm quen -> cụm từ này nghĩa là cố gắng gặp gỡ/làm bạn với ai có ích lợi cho bản thân mình.

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Apparently StanChart’s sanctions issues were all the fault of two (inevitably junior) employees. The seniority of those previously happy to scrape an acquaintance with the Duke is unclear. Barclays, whose list of scandals would take this column over length, has also concluded that cocktails with the Prince are not quite what they were and so has decided to find other business mentoring schemes to back. Like Claude Rains, crooked gendarme in Casablanca, all these businesses were “shocked, shocked”.

"Three or four days ago, a poor, lean, mangy cur was attacked in the street by a larger dog, and was getting unmercifully walloped, when BUMMER's ire being aroused at the unequal contest... He rushed in and gave the attacking canine (răng nanh, chó) such a rough handling that he was glad to quit the field. ... The poor cur had one of his legs half bitten through, and having limped upon the sidewalk, he proceeded to scrape an acquaintance with his deliverer, BUMMER, who thenceforth took him under his special protection. Every night since then, the 'twa dogs' have slept coiled up together close to some doorway - BUMMER always giving the lame cur the inside booth, and trying to keep him as warm as possible."

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