"Rude awakening" nghĩa là gì?


"Rude awakening" có awakening là nhận ra, rude là thô bỉ -> cụm từ này nghĩa là bất ngờ khi biết sự thật vì sự thật luôn mất lòng mà các bạn.

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Israeli politics is never short of (thiếu) dramatic twists and turns, but last week, when much of the country was coping (xử lí) with its post-Passover celebration blues, a rude awakening saw two political dramas take place simultaneously (liên tiếp) and only a few streets away from each other in Jerusalem.

It was a rude awakening for a Miramar couple early Friday morning after a car smashed into their home. It was around 2 a.m. when police say the car was speeding around a curve (đoạn cua), crashed through a guardrail (lan can), and into the home in the 66-hundred block of Miramar Parkway.

A motorist got a rude awakening when gardai found them asleep on the side of one of Ireland's busiest motorways earlier this week. Officers spotted the van pulled in on the hard shoulder of the M7 in Laois to find that the motorist at the wheel was fast asleep.

Anyone seeking a peaceful refuge (lánh nạn) in the city’s largest park is in for a rude awakening these days, with dirt bikes, ATVs, loud music and late-night parties running rampant through footpaths and fields.

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