I’ve heard about this movie but had never seen it. But I’m glad I did. You can’t take the plot seriously of course, but it has one laugh right after another, the jokes keep coming and I predict it’ll keep you in stitches right up to the end.
Toâi coù xem noùi veà cuoán phim naøy nhöng tröôùc ñaây chöa xem. Toâi raát vui laø vöøa xem noù xong. Chuùng ta khoâng theå chuù yù quaù nhieàu ñeán coát truyeän ñöôïc, nhöng cuoán phim laøm cho ngöôøi ta cöôì khoâng döùt vì nhöõng caâu noùi ñuøa lieân tuïc, vaø toâi ñoaùn raèng noù seõ laøm cho moïi ngöôì cöôøi ñeán ñau buïng cho tôùi cuoái phim.
TURN ON A DIME, NICKEL AND DIME, A DIME A DOZEN
Turn on a Dime coù nghóa laø quay chung quanh moät ñoàng haøo. Vì ñoàng Dime laø moät ñoàng tieàn raát nhoû cho neân ngöôøi Myõ duøng Turn on a Dime khi noùi ñeán moät vaät gì, thöôøng laø moät xe oâtoâ nhoû vaø goïn, coù theå xoay troøn nhanh choùng trong moät phaïm vi chaät heïp. Trong ví duï sau ñaây, anh baïn chuùng ta noùi veà chieác xe oâtoâ cuõ cuûa anh maø anh raát öa thích.
You know, the car is ten years old and one of these days I’ll have to spend the money to buy a new one. But there’s one thing I love about it, the way it handles It can really turn on a dime, just like one of those expensive sports cars.
Our kids Bill and Susie nickel and dime my wife and me to death. It’s just a few dollars every time, but it never stops, and after a while it adds up to so much money it makes quite a hole in our pockets.
Hai con chuùng toâi laø Bill vaø Susie cöù tieâu tieàn cuaû chuùng toâi töøng ít moät cho ñeán luùc heát daàn heát moøn. Moãi laàn chuùng noù chæ laáy vaøi ñoâ la thoâi, nhöng khoâng bao giôø ngöøng caû, cho neân chæ ít laâu sau laø chuùng toâi hao taøi toán cuûa.
Our kids Bill and Susie nickel and dime my wife and me to death. It’s just a few dollars every time, but it never stops, and after a while it adds up to so much money it makes quite a hole in our pockets.
Nickel and Dime coøn coù theå ñöôïc duøng nhö moät tónh töø, nhö trong cuïm töø “A nickel and dime business” ñeå chæ moät cöûa haøng hay cô coâng ty buoân baùn nhoû. Vaø baây giôø anh baïn chuùng ta xin ñoïc thaønh ngöõ thöù ba.
A Dime A Dozen coù moät töø môùi laø Dozen D-O-Z-E-N nghóa laø moät taù. Chaéc caùc baïn cuõng coù theå ñoaùn ñöôïc laø thaønh ngöõ naøy duøng ñeå chæ moät caùi gì keùm giaù trò ñeán ñoä chæ coù moät haøo maø cuõng coù theå mua ñöôïc 12 caùi. Trong ví duï sau ñaây, anh baïn chuùng ta khuyeân coâ em gaùi anh khoâng neân buoàn sau khi anh baïn trai cuaû coâ ñi theo ngöôøi khaùc.
Betty, ’t let it get you down. To tell you the truth, I never thought much of that guy. Men like him are a dime a dozen. Forget about him ! With your brains, good looks and personality there’ll be a lot of other guys interested in you.
Anh baïn noùi Naøy em Betty, em ñöøng buoàn. Thaät ra maø noùi thì tröôùc ñaây anh coi thöôøng anh chaøng ñoù laém. Nhöõng ngöôøi nhö anh ta thì mình coù moät haøo cuõng coù theå mua ñöôïc moät taù ngöôøi. Em haõy queân anh ta ñi! Em laø ngöôøi thoâng minh, xinh ñeïp vaø coù duyeân, seõ coù thieáu gì nhöõng anh chaøng khaùc ñeå yù ñeán em.
Ngöôøi Myõ duøng Pretty Penny ñeå chæ moät soá tieàn khaù lôùn. Hieän nay moät ñoàng xu hay laø moät penny khoâng ñaùng giaù bao nhieâu, nhöng ngaøy xöa noù coù giaù trò ñaùng keå. Trong ví duï sau ñaây, ta haõy xem moät sinh vieân noùi veà döï ñònh töông lai cuûa anh.
I’d like to go to a famous private school, but the tuition is a pretty penny and our family doesn’t have that much money. So I’ll go to the state university. I can still get a good education there and I’ll take out a student loan to help pay the tuition.