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"A good five-cent cigar" nghĩa là gì?
15 Oct, 2021
"A good five-cent cigar" = điếu xì gà ngon giá năm xu -> nghĩa là thứ có chất lượng tốt, giá cả hợp lý.
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And that wit (trí khôn) is displayed throughout the house, for those to remember some of his most famous quotes: “What this country needs, is a good five cent cigar!” “There were two brothers. One ran away to sea. The other was elected vice president, and neither was ever heard from again.”
In 1913, the world famously needed a good five-cent cigar. Today it could stand a good five-cent nickel (mạ kền). The five-cent piece, an odd duck in a decimal (thập phân) system, has been part of America’s coinage since the beginning. When the Mint began operation in 1792, the silver half-disme was the first coin out. In 1866, the coin shifted to 75 percent nickel and 25 percent copper (đồng), a composition that’s held steady for the past 150 years, with a brief detour to a silvery alloy during World War II.
So, here goes: Police and armies that keep bad people at bay, and roads that make practical the freedom to travel, and education that makes people competent for life in a free society, these are not "opposed to individual liberty." Besides, liberty, although very important, is not the only value. There are also justice, domestic tranquillity and a good five-cent cigar.
Thomas R. Marshall's famous phrase, "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar," should be modified for the 1990s to be "What this world needs is a good $1500 preamplifier."
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