"To Throw a Curve Ball," nghóa ñen laø neùm moät quaû boùng theo moät ñöôøng cong hay hình voøng cung. "Curve," ñaùnh vaàn laø C-U-R-V-E nghóa laø ñöôøng cong. Trong moân boùng chaày, ngöôøi neùm boùng thöôøng phaûi neùm thaúng ñeán ngöôøi ñaäp boùng. Tuy nhieân, ñoâi khi ngöôøi neùm boùng baát ngôø neùm theo moät ñöôøng cong sang beân phaûi hay beân traùi ñeå ngöôøi ñaäp boùng khoâng ñaäp truùng quaû boùng vaø bò thua.Vì theá, trong ñôøi soáng haøng ngaøy "To Throw a Curve Ball," coù nghóa laø daønh cho moät ngöôøi naøo ñoù moät söï coá baát ngôø khieán ngöôøi ñoù phaûi boái roái, khoù chòu vaø khoâng bieát phaûi phaûn öùng nhö theá naøo. Trong ví duï sau ñaây, moät öùng cöû vieân than phieàn veà vuï moät phoùng vieân truyeàn hình hoûi nhöõng caâu hoûi baát ngôø khieán oâng boái roái.
He said he’d just ask me about my proposal to cut taxes. But instead he threw me a real curve ball. He asked a lot of questions about where I got so much money for my campaign.
He said he’d just ask me about my proposal to cut taxes. But instead he threw me a real curve ball. He asked a lot of questions about where I got so much money for my campaign.
Neáu caùc baïncho raèng "To Throw a Curve Ball" laø moät haønh ñoäng xaáu thì daân boùng chaày coøn coù moät thaønh ngöõ khaùc ñeå chæ moät ñieàu xaáu xa hôn maø anh baïn chuùng ta xin ñoïc sau
I have just learned that the other side has found old court papers about me being convicted for drunken driving forty years ago in college.They will use this as a beanball even though I never had any trouble since.
Chính trò gia naøy noùi Toâi vöøa ñöôïc bieát laø phe beân kia ñaõ tìm thaáy nhöõng vaên kieän cuõ ôû toøa aùn veà vuï toâi bò keát toäi laùi xe trong khi say röôïu caùch ñaây 40 naêm hoài toâi coøn ôû ñaïi hoïc. Phe beân kia seõ duøng vuï naøy ñeå möu haïi toâi tuy raèng töø ñoù ñeán nay toâi khoâng laøm gì sai traùi caû.
I have just learned that the other side has found old court papers about me being convicted for drunken driving forty years ago in college.They will use this as a beanball even though I nerver had any trouble since.