"Draw a long bow" nghĩa là gì?

Ủa mũi tên đâu rồi? Photo courtesy: Walter Hammerwold

"Draw a long bow" = kéo cung dài -> nghĩa là thổi phồng, cường điệu, nói quá, thường dùng trong chính trị. 

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Now it would be drawing a longbow to say Labor started haemorrhaging (mất mát, thất thoát) seats solely because of the speed limits. There is a whole list of things that led to their eventual downfall (sụp đổ).

I’d argue that you don't need to draw a long bow to see that it was the brand's attempt at countering the whole SUV thing, in its own very Germanic way. Audi is a brand that sees itself selling automobiles packed with dynamism (thuyết động lực học) – cars with great driving prowess (kỹ năng).

It might be easy to draw a long bow to the production’s contemporary political valence. Particularly in its theme of toppling of power for past sins – almost indelible ink (mực không tẩy được) in today’s press – as Lord Chiltern treads murky water (đứng nước). Threatened by the exposure of his misdoings, he attempts to exorcise (xua đuổi) his past by quelling (dập tắt) the blackmailing by unscrupulous (cẩu thả) Mrs Chevely. 

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