"Pocket an affront" nghĩa là gì?

"Pocket an affront" = nuốt nhục -> nghĩa là cam chịu/chấp nhận sự khinh thường, lăng mạ mà không hề tức giận.

Ví dụ

No Indian would pocket an affront of this dimension (kích cỡ) for his motherland.

When something like that housing situation is presented as a resource issue for your scrappy (chắp vá, vụn, rời rạc) arts nonprofit, you're put in a position of having to pocket an affront or cede (nhượng lại) the opportunity to someone else.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had to pocket an affront when he was forced to apologise for the inconvenience caused to local commuters and traffic owing to the big banners and hoardings installed in Pune’s Kothrud by local party politicians to welcome his Mahajanadesh Yatra on Sunday. This didn’t go down well with Fadnavis at all.

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