"Slippery customer" nghĩa là gì?


"Slippery customer" có slippery là không đáng tin cậy -> từ này nghĩa là người không đáng tin cậy, quay quắt, láu cá.

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The German starlet (ngôi sao nhỏ) turned 18 years old just a few weeks ago, and he's younger than Bellingham, Harvey Elliott and even Stefan Bajčetić. He's quick, capable of posing a threat (mối đe dọa) in behind defences, and unpredictable when in possession of the ball, making him a slippery customer for opponents to manage.

Robbie Williams has always been a slippery customer. Just when you think you’ve finally got him caught in a musical bind — be it boy-band popper, Tom Jones crooner, Brit-pop blowhard or Rat Pack impersonator (đóng vai) — the ironic English popster (kẻ phá bĩnh) twists out of your grip like a greased pig at the fair.

It was put into the lake 20 years ago, and has proved to be a slippery customer ever since.

Ellen’s husband, John was a “slippery customer”, leaving almost no tracks (dấu vết). “My mother told me her maternal (nhà ngoại) grandfather was shot and killed one morning while working on the subway. Her sister-in-law said that was hooey, and that he’d taken off.”

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