"Up the apples and pears" nghĩa là gì?

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"Up the apples and pears" có apples and pears là tiếng lóng của cầu thang (stairs) -> cụm từ này nghĩa là đi lên cầu thang. 

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What a precious (quý giá) part of our linguistic (ngôn ngữ) heritage. I’m going up the apples and pears to do more research into it.

Do you like a nice cup of 'Rosie Lee' at night before you head up the 'apples and pears' to your 'Uncle Ted'? Apologies - for those aged under 25, you may not understand the statement above or be familiar with the famous London dialect (phương ngữ) of Cockney rhyming slang. For many years, Londoners have been using catchy words and phrases in sentences that rhyme with the actual words they mean to say.

DUNNING: People use it every day. I mean, we use it; we don't even know we're using it, do we? You know, you say something and it's just part of what we say.
MCCLUSKEY: It's like our everyday speech. So I'll say to the girls, I'll just quickly run up the apples and pears.
DUNNING: My husband sat and taught my son Cockney rhyming slang right from being little...

If you want to add a design when painting stairs, try using a stencil (khuôn tô màu) if you don't trust your freehand skills. The options are endless with so many stencils available. You could number the risers to count your way up the apples and pears, or buy a set of letter stencils and let your stairs do the talking.

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