"For two pins I'd" nghĩa là gì?


"For two pins I'd" -> nghĩa là rất muốn làm điều gì, nhất là do khó chịu. 

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The next thing was that we started the Blue Horizon Club in Battersea. Mike was already thinking about leaving Decca, and Peter had been doing slide acoustic (âm thanh) gigs for us at the club. I remember him saying, 'For two pins I’d give all this up and start a pet shop.' There was always this other side to him that was detached, as if he was watching himself going into it.

The thought of Christmas depresses me. Please don’t go to trouble. Every year I swear I’ll never endure (trải qua) it again, & make you promise to be sensible (biết điều), & now here you are talking about duck again, just as if I had never shouted (quát) and got drunk & broken the furniture out of sheer rage at it all. For two pins I’d stay here & have bread & cheese, & motor down on the afternoon of Christmas Day. All I want is an ordinary (bình thường) lunch, and no fuss. Get a good piece of beef that will last a day or two, and potatoes for baking. To hell with Christmas. Let us have peace, & not all this blasted cooking and eating (and washing up!)

After he was knighted (phong tước hầu) on February 18, 2009, Pratchett said, "You can't ask a fantasy writer not to want a knighthood. You know, for two pins I'd get myself a horse and a sword." Soon enough, he made his own sword with the help of some friends and was sure to include some "thunderbolt iron" in the smelt.

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