"All Sir Garnet" nghĩa là gì?


"All Sir Garnet" -> nghĩa là mọi thứ đều tốt đẹp, có quy củ. 

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Today, my mind is roaming (lang thang) in Gold Coast colonial history and the relevance of certain historical incidents for comparison to the happenings of today. The phrase ‘’everything’s all Sir Garnet’’ was very popular in spoken discourse in England at the turn of the 20th century to signify that everything is alright.

Field Marshal Sir Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount and Commander-in-Chief of the army, was one of the most famous British military commanders (chỉ huy) of the 19th century. He was famously efficient — the military expression ‘all Sir Garnet’ means ‘all in order — but he was also a snob (kẻ hợm mình). Or, more accurately, a double snob.

About a hundred year ago, people understood the phrase All Sir Garnet “all right.” According to the explanation I have read, the reference was to Sir Garnet Wolseley’s winning the battles in Egypt in the 1880’s. (Why should it always be Egypt?).

As well as plying (ra sức) his trade across four continents, Garnet contributed to the English language with the phrase "everything's all Sir Garnet", meaning "all is in order".

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