( DON) The second idiom is “ Cut off your nose to spite your face “ , “ Cut off your nose to spite your face”
Cut off your nose to spite your face, nghóa ñen laø caùt muõi mình ñi ñeå laøm haïi maët mình, vaø nghóa boùng laø laøm moät ñieàu gì ñoù vôùi yù ñònh haïi ngöôøi khaùc nhöng khoâng ngôø chæ haïi mình maø thoâi. Coù moät töø moùi maø ta caàn bieát laø Spite ñaùnh vaàn laø S-P-I-T-E nghóa laø gaây khoù chòu hay laøm haïi . Trong ví duï sau ñaây, ta haõy xem ñieàu gì xaûy ra cho coâ Alice khi coâ aáy toû ra hoãn xöôïc vôùi oâng xeáp cuûa coâ aáy.
( DON) Alice got so mad at her boss she shouted at him in front of the whole staff. But she really cut off her nose to spite her face after that he blocked every chance she had for promotion.
Coâ Alice giaän oâng xeáp cuûa coâ aáy ñeán ñoä coâ aáy la heùt oâng aáy tröôùc maët toaøn ban nhaân vieân. Tuy nhieân thaät ra coâ aáy chæ töï haïi thaân maø thoâi bôûi vì sau vuï ñoù oâng xeáp ñaõ ngaên chaän taát caû moïi cô hoäi coâ aáy ñöôïc leân chöùc.
( DON) Alice got so mad at her boss she shouted at him in front of the whole staff. But she really cut off her nose to spite her face after that he blocked every chance she had for promotion.
Tieáp theo ñaây môøi caùc baïnxem thaønh ngöõ thöù ba.
( DON) The third idiom is” Plain as the nose on your face” , “ Plain as the nose on your face”.
Plain as the nose on your face coù nghóa laø moät ñieàu gì roõ raønh raønh y nhö caùi muõi treân maët mình vaäy. Ta thaáy töø Plain ñaùnh vaàn laø P-L-A-I-N coù nghóa laø roõ raøng. Trong ví duï sau ñaây , anh Mark laø ngöôøi roõ raøng coù ñaëc tính toát nhöng cuõng coù nhöôïc ñieåm khieán anh khoù giao tieáp vôùi ngöôøi khaùc.
( DON) It’s plain as the nose on your face that Mark is better educated and more intelligent than most other people. His trouble is, he doesn’t try to hide this and scares away bosses who aren’t as smart.
Ai cuõng thaáy roõ raønh raønh laø anh Mark coù nhieàu hoïc vaán vaø thoâng minh hôn phaàn ñoâng nhöõng ngöôøi khaùc. Nhöng vaán ñeà laø anh aáy khoâng che daáu ñieàu naøy khieán cho caùc oâng xeáp khoâng gioûi baèng anh aáy ñaõ traùnh xa anh aáy.
Coù vaøi töø môùi maø ta caàn bieát laø To hide ñaùnh vaàn laø H-I-D-E nghóa laø che daáu, vaø To scare ñaùnh vaàn laø S-C-A-R-E nghó laø laøm cho ngöôøi khaùc sôï haõi. Vaø baây giôø xin môøi caùc baïnxem laïi ví duï naøy.
( DON) It’s plain as the nose on your face that Mark is better educated and more intelligent than most other people. His trouble is, he doesn’t try to hide this and scares away bosses who aren’t as smart.
Ví duï maø caùc baïnvöøa xem ñaõ keát thuùc baøi hoïc thaønh ngöõ English Style hoâm nay cuûa Ñaøi Tieáng Noùi Hoa kyø. Nhö vaäy laø chuùng ta vöøa hoïc ñöôïc 3 thaønh ngöõ môùi. Moät laø Pay through the nose coù nghóa laø traû moät caùi giaù caét coå , hai laø Cut off your nose to spite your face laø laøm moät ñieàu gì xaáu vì giaän ngöôøi khac nhöng laïi töï haïi thaân mình, vaø ba laø Plain as the nose on your face nghóa laø roõ raønh raønh ra ñoù ai cuõng troâng thaáy caû.
UNIT 203
Huyen xin kính chaøo caùc baïnthính giaû. Trong baøi hoïc thaønh ngöõ English Style hoâm nay, chuùng toâi xin tieáp tuc ñem ñeán caùc baïnnhöõng thanh ngöõ môùi coù duøng töø Nose nghóa laø caùi muõi. Anh baïn Don Benson cuûa chuùng ta xin ñoïc thaønh ngöõ thöù nhaát.
( DON) The first idiom is “ Keep your nose clean” , “ Keep your nose clean”.
Keep your nose clean nghóa ñen laø giöõ cho muõi mình saïch, vaø vì theá nghóa boùng cuûa noù laø giöõ cho khoûi bò loâi thoâi. Trong ví duï sau ñaây , moät oâng boá noåi giaän sau khi phaûi ñeán coâng ty caûnh saùt ñeå traû tieàn phaït cho caäu con trai veà toäi laùi xe vöôït quaù toác ñoä. Oaâng noùi
( DON) Young man, this is the last time I’m going to bail you out of trouble! From now on, keep your nose clean or I’ll just stand back and let you get fined and maybe sent to jail.
( DON) Young man, this is the last time I’m going to bail you out of trouble! From now on, keep your nose clean or I’ll just stand back and let you get fined and maybe sent to jail.
The second idiom is “ Keep your nose to the grindstone” , “ Keep your nose to the grindstone”.
Keep your nose to the grindstone coù moät töø môùi laø Grindstone ñaùnh vaàn laø G-R-I-N-D-S-T-O-N-E laø phieán ñaù maøi . Ngöôøi Myõ duøng thaønh ngöõ naøy khi muoán chæ moät ngöôøi chuùi muõi vaøo coâng vieäc suoát ngaøy ñeâm. Ví duï sau ñaây cho thaáy moät oâng luùc naøo cuõng chæ chaêm chuù muoán thaønh coâng trong vieäc buoân baùn cuûa oâng ta.
( DON) David believes the only way to succeed in business is to keep his nose to the grindstone – to work all the time and forget about family, friends and anything else in the way.
Anh David tin raèng caùch duy nhaát ñeå thaønh coâng treân thöông tröôøng laø chuù muõi vaøo laøm vieäc suoát ngaøy ñeâm, queân caû gia ñình, beø baïn vaø baát cöù ñieàu gì ngaên chaën böôùc tieán cuûa anh ta.
