"Broad as a barn door" nghĩa là gì?


"Broad as a barn door"= rộng như cửa nhà kho/chuồng ngựa -> nghĩa là rất rộng.

Ví dụ
“I’m scared,” she conceded (thừa nhận) with a glance up the imposing stairs. “I’ve only been in this building once!” But then a smile as broad as a barn door told a different story.

The square-footage (diện tích vuông) of a barn home doesn’t have to be expansive and as “broad as a barn door” to be livable. Durkin says they’ve designed barn homes that range from 900 to 5,000 square feet, with an average size around 1,200 square feet.

The most outstanding (đang để ý) features on him were his shoulders which were as broad as a barn door, a back wide as a cobra’s hood (rộng như chiếc mũ trùm đầu rắn hổ mang), tapering into a midsection as tiny as a wasp’s (nhỏ như con ong bắp cày), spotting unique intercostals (gân); muscles between the ribs.

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