"Big as Dallas" nghĩa là gì?
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"Big as Dallas/bigger'n Dallas" = rộng lớn như Dallas (thành phố lớn nhất của Texas trước đây) -> nghĩa là to lớn, bao la; điều quá rõ ràng, hiển nhiên, không thể không biết.
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An example of the county’s transportation deficiency (thiếu hệ thống vận tải), he said, is its freeway network. “We do not have anywhere close to the freeway system that Dallas County has, and we will be as big as Dallas County one of these days,” he said. The study will analyze population projections and traffic routes in the area between State Highway 121, near the unincorporated community of Desert, and Interstate 30 at the northern tip of Lake Ray Hubbard.
“When I looked at those other horses in the paddock, I thought I was going to be third at best,” said Boggs, who has trimmed her stable back from 20 horses a decade ago to just eight now. “There were some nice horses in that race and my horse just looked so small by comparison. I’ve never put the stick to him, but I think he’s only a little over 15 hands. He had won easily going 6 1/2, but it’s tough cutting back to 4 1/2 furlongs. I wasn’t sure that he could do well. But this little horse has a heart as big as Dallas [Texas].”
Using a tried-and-true Texas phrase, it’s bigger’n Dallas. When Cowboys owner Jerry Jones couldn’t come to terms with the city of Dallas to relocate from Texas Stadium in Irving, he opted for a 140-acre site down Interstate 30 from Six Flags over Texas. With its high-tech sheen, the 80,000-seat stadium reminds Jones of “a really contemporary cell phone,” he said Thursday. Other observers, noting its curved roof and sloped exterior walls, have compared it to a ship — Jerry’s Ark, taking on fans two by two at any price point, from the $340 seats at midfield to the $29 standing room tickets, 30,000 of which Jones expects have already sold for the regular-season opener against the Giants.
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