"The best thing since sliced bread" nghĩa là gì?
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"The best thing since sliced bread" = thứ hay nhất kể từ bánh mì cắt lát -> nghĩa là (hài hước) người, vật xuất sắc, tân tiến, sáng tạo.
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When the Constitutional Court found Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt (bất chấp) of court and sentenced (kết án) him to 15 months in prison, the court was, in the mind of the DA, the best thing since sliced bread. When it ruled in favour of the DA in a number of cases, it was hailed as a beacon of independence. And yet today there are allegations by the DA that the ruling party has a direct line to the apex court.
One fan of the presenter said: “Alison Hammond going live on Instagram to tell everyone she has a hole in her cardigan (áo len) just before she goes live on @thismorning just made my entire day.” Another called Alison “the best thing since sliced bread”.
Dr. Bill Petri with University of Virginia Health believes mRNA vaccines are the best thing since sliced bread. That’s because this type of shot can be recreated to fight off other common viral diseases. “This ability to swap out like the latest variant (biến thể) is very real and that’s in clinical trials,” Petri said. Petri says for more than a decade the National Institutes of Health has been funding research to develop these mRNA vaccines.
There, Walter says, “Merwan thrived (phát triển). He thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. He developed a real passion (đam mê) for fishing, nature, and swimming.” Merwan and his father spent the summer exploring all the places his father had known from thirty years of living on the Island.
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