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"Touchy as a teased snake" nghĩa là gì?
23 May, 2021
Photo by Ravi Patel on Unsplash
"Touchy as a teased snake" có touchy là hay giận dỗi, dễ bị đụng chạm, hay tự ái; tease là chòng ghẹo, trêu đùa -> cụm từ này nghĩa là dễ tự ái như con rắn bị chọc.
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When I'm delayed, I git as touchy as a teased snake.
Dugan tried to follow suit, ordering Ma San to come to his house. Ma San was touchy as a teased snake.
Jessie stood toe-to-toe with him. “I’m not a child to be ordered to bed, White Wolf.” Her chin jutted out. "Seems to me that you’re the one who’s touchy as a teased snake. Maybe you should take your own advice and find the nearest hole in the ground to slither into."
Three local sheriffs (cảnh sát trưởng), guarded a half dozen jails and spent more time on the trail than I have in my own bed. We’ve been around since before the Alamo, and—he turned to Hood, impaling him with his stare—"we’re touchy as a teased snake when riled, so I wouldn’t recommend it."
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