"Protest too much" nghĩa là gì?

"Protest too much" -> nghĩa là thường xuyên phủ nhận vấn đề, bắt nguồn từ câu "Methinks the lady doth protest too much" trong tác phẩm Hamlet của Shakespeare.

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Did he protest too much? In a typically Shakespearean twist Pirelli did come back with a different conclusion, but it had nowt (không có gì) to do with debris (mảnh vỡ), and everything to do with the consequences of running tyre pressures outside recommended limits.

I think that you and others advocating for these curricula doth protest too much. Proponents like Elle Reeve of CNN, who are trying to bring more of these curricula to our schools, say it's not being taught in schools, then say it's a good thing it is. See her interview with Keziah Ridgeway who was also featured in Education Week advocating for what she calls abolitionist (người theo chủ nghĩa bãi nô) teaching (eliminating the "white-supremacist" point of view from teaching of race based issues).

I would not wish it to be said, when they come for me, that I was silent when other people were being muzzled. The campaign against Apple Daily is clearly motivated by the desire to put a dissenting voice out of business. The law is merely a means to a political end, deployed by a regime which likes to praise the rule of law but scorns to practice it. The Liaison Office has repeatedly said “Hong Kong is a city under the rule of law and everyone is equal before the law.” Methinks, as the Queen said, the lady doth protest too much.

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