“Tea and sympathy” nghĩa là gì?

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Debenms staff will be looking for more than tea and sympathy when they meet the Taoiseach this morning. Shop stewards and a Mandate union rep are hoping this could mark the beginning of the end of their eight month dispute (cuộc tranh luận) with the retailer for more redundancy pay (trả tiền thừa).

Tea and sympathy is of no use to the thousands of mortgage holders unable to make their repayments due to Covid-19, Mary Lou McDonald has told the Dáil. The Sinn Féin leader said it was “unacceptable” that mortgage (thế chấp) holders’ ability to access payment breaks was being left to the banks to decide on a case-by-case basis.

However, things haven’t gone to plan. She’s very needy and we all have to run around doing things for her, she barely helps at all and is always ­criticising (chỉ trích) how I do things. Meanwhile, she fawns (nịnh hót) over my husband, bringing him cups of tea and sympathising over how hard he works. I work just as hard and get no tea and sympathy! 

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