"The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker" nghĩa là gì?
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"The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker" = tay đồ tể, tay làm bánh và tay làm giá đỡ nến -> nghĩa là tất cả mọi người, không phân biệt ngành nghề, dân tộc, và tầng lớp kinh tế xã hội.
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It is no longer ‘the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker’ who is showing up when a volunteer fire department responds to an emergency. It’s people like Nicole Laarman. “I know with firefighting (chữa cháy) there is never too much training,” said Laarman, a volunteer firefighter with the Guelph Eramosa Fire Department since 2019.
“Back when I started it was the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker; they all showed up to the fire calls,” he said. Pearson, who has been involved with the volunteer service for 20 years, said back then each member generally had a specialty and a role they usually took on at fire calls.
‘The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, horses and queens, and prime ministers (thủ tướng), they all want me to say “Gordon’s alive!”, it’s their favourite film.’
“This year we welcome the Heritage Artisans as well: the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, the broom maker and the blacksmith (thợ rèn), to mention a few,” show organizers said in a release.
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