LEAVE SOMEONE HIGH AND DRY
Nghĩa đen:
Rời bỏ ai đó, để họ trên cao và khô (xem thêm phần Nguồn gốc thành ngữ)
Nghĩa bóng:
Bị bỏ rơi; không có ai giúp đỡ (abandoned or stranded; helpless)
Tiếng Việt cũng có cách dùng tương tự:
mang con bỏ chợ, bó tay, bị cho leo cây, bị mắc bẫy…
Ví dụ:
Bob got a ride to the party with his friends, but they left without him and he had no way to get home. They left him high and dry.
Lũ bạn chở Bob đến chỗ chơi, nhưng rồi chúng rời đi mà không chở Bob đi cùng, và cậu ta không có cách nào về nhà. Đúng là chúng mang con bỏ chợ.
When you buy a package vacation trip through a travel agency, be sure that it is a company that has a good reputation. Too many companies have gone out of business, leaving those who have already paid their money high and dry.
Nếu bạn mua tour nghỉ trọn gói qua một công ty du lịch, bạn phải chắc chắn rằng đó là công ty có uy tín. Có quá nhiều công ty không còn hoạt động nữa, đẩy những người đã thanh toán tour vào tình thế như bị mắc bẫy.
Hundreds of workers were today left high and dry again after two bus routes were axed.
Hôm nay, hàng trăm công nhân lại bị bỏ rơi sau khi hai tuyến buýt bỗng dưng bị ngừng hoạt động.
In the end, it is the taxpayer who will have to pay if small fishing communities are left high and dry.
Cuối cùng thì chính người đóng thuế sẽ là người phải trả tiền nếu như các cộng đồng ngư dân nhỏ bị bở rơi.
A lot of policyholders were left high and dry when the insurance company went into liquidation.
Nhiều người tham gia bảo hiểm bị bỏ rơi khi công ty bảo hiểm giải thể.
Thành ngữ tương tự:
leave (someone) in the lurch, leave (someone) holding the bag
Nguồn gốc:
Thành ngữ này có thể xuất phát từ ý tưởng: con tàu bị mắc cạn, phơi mình lên không (high and dry).
Cách dùng:
Cấu trúc cơ bản:
- Dạng chủ động:
Leave someone high and dry
- Dạng bị động:
be/get left high and dry
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Phương pháp luyện tập:
- nghe câu mẫu do người bản xứ phát âm, tập nói theo,
- ghi lại phát âm của mình,
- nghe lại phần thực hành và so sánh với phát âm mẫu
- lặp lại quá trình này cho tới khi phát âm thuần thục.
LƯU Ý:
- Thời gian ghi âm: Không hạn chế
- Thiết bị đi kèm: Nên dùng headphone có kèm microphone để có chất lượng âm thanh tốt nhất
- Trình duyệt web: Dùng được trên mọi trình duyệt. Lưu ý cho phép trình duyệt sử dụng microphone để ghi âm.
- Địa điểm thực hành: Nên yên tĩnh để tránh tạp âm
leave someone high and dry
be left high and dry
get left high and dry
Hundreds of workers were today left high and dry again after two bus routes were axed.
BẮT ĐẦU GHI ÂM:
Gợi ý các bước luyện phát âm:
- Bước 1: Bấm vào đâyđể mở cửa sổ ghi âm trong một Tab mới. Trong cửa sổ ghi âm, bấm nút Record để bắt đầu quá trình ghi âm
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- Bước 3: Quay lại cửa sổ ghi âm, bấm Done để kết thúc quá trình ghi. Bấm Play back để nghe lại phát âm của mình và so sánh với phát âm mẫu. Bấm Retry để làm một bản ghi mới
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THỬ XEM BẠN CÒN NHỚ NHỮNG THÀNH NGỮ NÀY KHÔNG:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Idioms to use:
- IN THE LOOP
- KEEP (SOMEONE) AT ARM’S LENGTH
- LEAD SOMEONE (AROUND) BY THE NOSE
- LEAVE (SOMEONE) HIGH AND DRY
- MISS THE BOAT
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1. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
He could have been hired but at the last minute when the employer accidentally saw a bad picture he posted on his Facebook page.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
The team leader disappeared when we arrived in Paris and we were without any money or credit cards.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
They simply didn’t know what they were doing and they were by a cheating government.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
You can tell she’s . She always knows about policy decisions before the rest of us.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
All the children ran away and Billy to take the blame for the broken window.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
Anyone still hoping for concert tickets will discover they have .
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
I don’t know what’s going on with the Jones deal since I’m not .
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
The US government has been by the rich and gives them a big tax cut.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
There are others waiting to grab an opportunity like this; if you don’t act fast, you’re going to .
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
It was widely expected that he would get the funding, but he by not keeping his appointment.
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