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"Close as an oyster" nghĩa là gì?
02 Apr, 2021
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"Close as an oyster" = kín đáo như hàu -> nghĩa là người biết giữ bí mật.
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A lot of trouble has been caused by memoirs (hồi ký). Indiscreet (vô ý) revelations, that sort of thing. People who have been close as an oyster all their lives seem positively to relish (hứng thú) causing trouble when they themselves shall be comfortably dead.
Unexpectedly, Al puts Robin back on Tui's case, moreover, Johnno is forced to make a sad disclosure (phơi bày) as Jude is facing imminent death, while at the same time, the cryptic Jamie is as close as an oyster.
It would have been a waste of time, for my assistant could be as close as an oyster when he chose. Furthermore (hơn nữa), he had a dread of Court Martial, and I verily believe that if some of his foraging (tìm tòi) exploits had leaked out, he would have spent many long and weary years in military prisons.
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