give pap with a hatchet Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
bury the hatchet
stop arguing or fighting, throw down your arms When will the English and the French bury the hatchet?
hatchet man
a politician etc. whose job it is to say negative things about the opposition, a person in a company who must fire extra workers or cut other expenses etc. He is acting as a hatchet man for the leader but I don
Hatchet job
A piece of criticism that destroys someone's reputation is a hatchet job.
bury the hatchet|bury|hatchet
v. phr.,
informal To settle a quarrel or end a war; make peace.
The two men had been enemies a long time, but after the flood they buried the hatchet. Compare: MAKE UP
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hatchet face|face|hatchet
n. A long narrow face with sharp parts; also, a person with such a face.
Johnny was sent to the principal's office because he called his teacher old hatchet face. He was hatchet-faced and not at all handsome.
hatchet job|hatchet|job
n. phr.,
slang 1. The act of saying or writing terrible things about someone or something, usually on behalf of one's boss or organization.
When Phil makes speeches against the competition exaggerating their weaknesses, he is doing the hatchet job on behalf of our president. 2. A ruthless, wholesale job of editing a script whereby entire paragraphs or pages are omitted.
Don, my editor, did a hatchet job on my new novel.
hatchet man|hatchet|man
n.,
colloquial 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition.
Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the Mayor's Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly. 2. An executive officer in a firm whose job it is to fire superfluous personnel, cut back on the budget, etc., in short, to do the necessary but unpleasant things.
The firm hired Cranhart to be hatchet man; his title is that of Executive Vice President.
hatchet
hatchet In addition to the idioms beginning with
hatchet, also see
bury the hatchet.
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hatchet man tặng pap bằng một cái chốt
Để hành động hoặc có vẻ như một người đang làm điều gì đó với mục đích tốt hoặc hi sinh tế khi thực sự thì ngược lại. "Cho trẻ bú" có nghĩa là người mẹ dùng núm vú để vỗ về trẻ sơ sinh — một cách cố ý tiếp giáp với "nút vặn" sắc nhọn và nguy hiểm. Tôi vừa nghĩ Lauren muốn trở thành bạn của tôi, nhưng sau đó tui phát hiện ra cô ấy chỉ mời tui ngồi vào bàn của cô ấy để giễu cợt tôi. Nói về chuyện cho pap với một con vịt trời !. Xem thêm: cho, hatchhet. Xem thêm: