"As serious as a heart attack" nghĩa là gì?
"As serious as a heart attack" = nghiêm trọng như cơn đau tim -> nghĩa đen là rất đáng lo ngại, nghiêm trọng; nghĩa bóng là rất chân thành, tha thiết.
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It’s been a little over a month now since Billings Fire Department rolled out its first mobile response team vehicle. These two-man teams have stayed busy since then responding (phản hồi) to medical calls—from something as simple as a stubbed toe to something as serious as a heart attack.
“Those songs have got to be about something.” House’s blues are as serious as a heart attack, and if there’s any artifice (kỹ xảo) in his performances, it’s challenging to detect.
“A COPD exacerbation (trầm trọng) - a worsening or flare-up of symptoms - can be as serious as a heart attack. We refer to it as a lung attack.
One of the hosts, apparently skeptical that Lauretti was answering seriously and could have indeed been sarcastic, asked if he was joking. "I'm as serious as a heart attack," he said.
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