"Hanky panky" nghĩa là gì?

"Hanky panky" = trò bịp bợm -> nghĩa (lóng) là hành vi không được chấp nhận, không trung thực nhất là về làm tình hoặc tiền bạc.

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Channel 4 ran a documentary last year on swingers clubs, which seem to favour carveries as venues for a get-together before the hanky-panky begins. And now, as teacher for the deaf David, 40, discovered last night in his search to find a woman to have his baby in The Surrogates (BBC1), carveries are also the place where women with an available womb like to congregate, to interview potential parents.

A few nights later at dinner, Karen and Val drop Janet and Tom from an upcoming weekend vacation and return their deposit. "Everyone hates you," Karen explains. "You never even fight!" The couple protests, but they're proving Karen's point by engaging in hanky-panky under the table.

Health minister Dr Adham Baba has denied allegations of “hanky-panky” in the government’s purchase of Covid-19 vaccines, saying the procurement process was transparent. Adham told FMT the RM3 billion allocation for the vaccine was contained in this year’s federal budget and that the purchase was made after the vaccines were approved by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) and the Drug Control Authority.

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