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"Cleanse the Augean stables" nghĩa là gì?
07 Jan, 2021
"Cleanse the Augean stables" = dọn chuồng ngựa Augean -> nghĩa là rời, đi khỏi nơi chứa đầy tham nhũng, mục nát, thối rữa. Trong truyền thuyết Hy Lạp, Hercules được giao nhiệm vụ dọn chuồng ngựa 30 năm chưa dọn của người Augean.
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The South Node eclipse can cleanse what needs to be cleansed, but often that cleansing is kind of like Hercules diverting a river to cleanse the Augean stables. It can be very destabilizing (không ổn định) and even destructive. That destabilization is likely to be mental and emotional as much as physical.
The APC came to power on the pretext (có cớ) that it was out to cleanse the Augean stables, that is, to rid the country of the corruption of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). But no sooner had Mr. Muhammadu Buhari stepped into power as President than it became clear to all and sundry that he was unprepared for power.
All should be made to answer these questions: will you cleanse the Augean stables of the McCluskey-dominated Labour top offices? Will you pledge (thề) to stand down if you fall into irrecoverable unpopularity?
Oshiomhole, being a former governor and particularly because he had genuine and coruscating (chói lọi) intentions to cleanse the Augean stables, had perhaps, thought that his sincerity of purpose would be a leverage for him in dealing with his former colleagues; but not exactly so because he was living ahead of his time and age.
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