"Pussyfoot" nghĩa là gì?

"Pussyfoot" nghĩa là người hành động thận trọng.

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The New Zealand government doesn’t like rising house prices. It is putting pressure on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to take into account housing as part of its remit (khỏi phải chịu thuế). It’s a pussyfoot approach.The really effective way to bring down house prices is to increase stamp duty on the sale of new and existing homes.

Out  of the blue, Vice President Agnew spoke up. It was all "pussyfooting," he said. If the sanctuaries (mật khu cộng sản) needed to be cleaned out, then the U.S. should get on with the job. Both Fish Hook and Parrot's Beak should  be attacked  and  done  right. Nixon,  who hated  to seem  less tough than  his advisers, was taken aback.

The owner of a local coffee shop is catching flak for criticizing (chỉ trích) Mayor G.T. Bynum’s handling of Oklahoma’s phased-in business reopening plan as a “pussyfoot response.” “First of all, my criticism was not intended as name-calling. I used the word, ‘pussyfoot’ to describe how I saw the mayor’s handling of the reopening of Tulsa businesses. Pussyfoot, by definition, means ‘to act in a cautious or non committal way,’” wrote Franklin, who signed the statements “your roastmaster.”

Anh Thư

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