"Old codger" nghĩa là gì?


"Old codger" có codger là ông già lẩm cẩm -> nghĩa (trìu mến) là ông già kỳ cục/lẩm cẩm nhưng buồn cười.

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In the gorgeous brutality (tàn bạo) here, he has proved the kind of patient old codger a course such as this can reward.

The nicest old codger by the name of Godfrey Egger showed me the rather drab (buồn tẻ), unexciting ropes that Monday and made my day go smoothly as I learned quickly the routines of mopping floors, and emptying trash and cleaning rest rooms.

Clapton is another boomer (người già) reactionary (phản động) like Morrissey who resents his advancing age and turned from youthful rebel to misanthropic old codger as a coping mechanism.

Then, in comes Spanish teacher by day, and leader of tech crew by later-in-the-day: Señor Miller. He approached her sitting off to the side, bowed (cúi đầu), and said, “Well, I know I’m just an old codger but may I have the pleasure?” She said yes. 

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