"Stand from under" nghĩa là gì?

"Stand from under" = đứng từ dưới -> đây là cụm từ cổ về hải quan, nghĩa là thận trọng về điều gì hoặc nếu cần thiết có thể chạy xa khỏi vị trí cái ở trên sắp rơi xuống trúng mình.

Ví dụ

I see I was in a fix now. But it warn’t no use to worry; there warn’t nothing to do but just hold still, and try and be ready to stand from under when the lightning struck.

The cupola (mái vòm) of the Catholic Church, on Mississippi street, was moved several feet from its position, and it was thought last night that it would fall before morning. It leaned considerably to the northwest, and is liable to tumble at any time. Stand from under.

The city council’s reticence (tính trầm lặng, dè dặt) to enforce regulations struck the health board like a virus. Coroner Schuyler Kelley and Dr. W.W. Crawford resigned out of frustration. “This is not the time to stand from under,” Dr. Ernest Chartres-Martin scolded Crawford. “This is the time to see the city through. I’ll see the council damned before I resign.”

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