“Be on the bum” nghĩa là gì?

“Be on the bum” có bum là kẻ ăn vô công rồi nghề, hạng tồi -> cụm từ này nghĩa là ăn bám; nghĩa khác là làm việc, hoạt động sai hoặc bị hư hỏng.

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"A nappy (tã lót) could be on the bum for 30 minutes and then ends up in the bin and takes 500 years for a disposable nappy to break down," she said.

And the starvation army they play, And they sing and they clap and they pray. Till they get all your coin on the drum. Then they tell you when you are on the bum.

“Why don’t you write good short stories about Europe or out West or when you were on the bum or war or that sort of thing? Why don’t you write one about just things that you and I know? Write one about what the Anita’s seen. You could put in enough social life to make it appeal to everybody.”

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