“Cling on by my fingernails” nghĩa là gì?

Photo by Nandhu Kumar

“Cling on by one's fingernails” = bấu víu bằng móng tay -> nghĩa là khó tránh được vấn đề hoặc thất bại.

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Watching him cling on by his fingernails this November, one struggles to dispute Mary's belief that Trump's greatest fear is losing face in public.

If you’re a talented racing driver you might make it to the top flight, if you’re particularly lucky you’ll cling on by your fingernails for a few years, and if you’re extremely fortunate you’ll make a good bit of money doing it. Then you retire at 35 to your Monaco flat and have to eke out your savings until you die. It’s not all glamour, you know. 

“I’m just about managing to cling on by my fingernails to the one enduring hobby I’ve had from the whole of my childhood and adult life, and that is aeroplanes,” he says. “I’ve had a private pilot’s licence since I was 17. Before that I was a glider (tàu lượn) pilot and before that an aeroplane modeller (người làm mô hình). I like mucking around with planes, and mucking around with wood. I would like to make an airplane out of wood. That would be my Nirvana.”

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