"Tip him the wink" nghĩa là gì?


"Tip one the wink" có tip là lời mách nước, lời khuyên, wink là nháy mắt ra hiệu -> cụm từ này nghĩa là bí mật báo tin cho ai.

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Yes, Harvey Weinstein was a sleazeball and a sexual predator (thú ăn thịt). But how many of those now flaunting (khoe khoang) their #MeToo badges were perfectly happy to tip him the wink — in the full knowledge of his appetites (tham muốn) — to get a part in another of his films?

As we went by our house I wished I hadn’t sent Mary Jane out of town; because now if I could tip her the wink she’d light out and save me, and blow on our dead-beats.

“What about the British Government?” I said. “They’re not going to let their guests (khách) be murdered. Tip them the wink, and they’ll take extra precautions (cảnh giác).”

Anton Rogan reveals surprising Celtic mole that tipped him the wink about Parkhead debut. The Northern Irish full-back had plenty of time to consider his first start after he was tipped-off (nhận được lời khuyên bí mật) by an unlikely source.

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