"So poor we had to fertilize the sills before we could raise the windows" nghĩa là gì?

"So poor we had to fertilize the sills before we could raise the windows" = nghèo đến mức ước gì bậu cửa có thể đẻ ra cửa sổ -> nghĩa là nghèo khổ, bần hàn.

Ví dụ

We had very humble beginnings that we were so poor we had to fertilize the sills before we could raise the windows.

We weren't profitable at first, there were times we were so poor we had to fertilize the sills before we could raise the windows.

We lived in crude (thô sơ) beds and we were so poor we had to fertilize the sills before we could raise the windows. Also, we had to scrounge (ăn cắp, ăn xin) around with leaves and rocks.

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