"Shot full of holes" nghĩa là gì?
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"Shot full of holes" = bắn chi chít lỗ -> nghĩa (đen) là bắn nhiều phát; nghĩa (bóng) là chỉ ra sai sót trong lập luận, khẳng định qua phân tích sâu, phê bình.
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Ryan was great. He has a gift for staying so cool even when everything is blowing up around him and he's getting shot full of holes.
The constitutional prohibition (lệnh cấm) of foreigners holding shares in local publication is shot full of holes as several news outlets also receive support from foreign entities or their dummies.
As Tojo was carried to the hospital with a wound ‘under the left armpit,’ the patriot (người yêu nước), whose name was Park Soowon, was shot full of holes by Japanese police, who in the process brought down the Japanese ace, Major Yuzo Fujita, and two Japanese photographers.
A lawyer of Starmer’s experience knows his defence (lời biện hộ) is shot full of holes. He would be better off apologising and hoping to move on.
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