"All cut up like a boardinghouse pit" nghĩa là gì?

"All cut up like a boardinghouse pit" có boardinghouse là nhà trọ, pit là sàn nhà, cut up (nghĩa đen) là chia thành từng mảnh và (nghĩa bóng) là đau khổ, đau đớn, rối bời, lo âu  -> cụm từ này (chơi chữ) nghĩa là rất bối rối, lo âu.

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As they find out the survival commodities it holds, they won't be able to help but feel all cut up like a boardinghouse pit about the action that awaits them.

It's completely natural to feel all cut up like a boardinghouse pit about starting your first job, and certainly, social anxiety can amplify (thổi phồng, làm quá lên) your worries.

Sometimes, people get all cut up like a boardinghouse pit. “I always say ... you’ve got to have the whole experience. You can’t have a good pandemic and not have it all.”

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