"Crooked as a dog’s hind leg" nghĩa là gì?

"Crooked as a dog’s hind leg" có crook là cong, khoằm, nghĩa lóng là lừa đảo, lừa gạt; dog's hind leg = chân sau của con chó (chơi chữ, thậm xưng) -> cụm từ này nghĩa là không trung thực, không thành thật.

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It stipulates (quy định) the level of dishonestness this man called Mtuli Ncube is,just as his party ZANU PF is as crooked as a dog’s hind leg. The same party that can not account for billions of dollars, the party that recently left jobless throughout the country.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s as crooked as a dog’s hind leg, just like the rest of them. I can’t think of a single member of this Cabinet who wouldn’t be convicted of corruption — or forced to resign in disgrace for enabling it — in a country with functioning rule of law.

Last week the forwards ran onto the ball with pace and intent that we have not seen in years. While the backs still ran across the field, as crooked as a dog’s hind leg, Ireland as a collective rediscovered the key to creating ‘high speed metres’ in attack. Which is running at speed before accepting the ball flat, from accurate passes. With such technical simplicity Ireland repeatedly bent and broke the English defensive line.

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