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Xã hội, Luật pháp và Chính trị - Bất chấp chuẩn mực

Khám phá các thành ngữ tiếng Anh liên quan đến việc thách thức các chuẩn mực với các ví dụ như "lãnh thổ kẻ cướp" và "phá vỡ cấp bậc".

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English idioms related to Society, Law & Politics
to bend the rules

to do something that is not strictly according to rules, often by making exceptions

[Cụm từ]
dead to rights

in a situation where there is clear proof of one's crime or wrongdoing

[Cụm từ]
blood on one's hands

a situation in which one is responsible for the death of a person

[Cụm từ]
smoking gun

a piece of evidence that is used to prove someone's crimes or wrong deeds

[Danh từ]
to beard the lion in his den

to confront someone very powerful or dangerous in their area of control and strength, where they hold the advantage

[Cụm từ]
to break ranks

to publicly oppose a group or party that one has been a member of

[Cụm từ]
to take the law into one's (own) hands

to illegally punish someone in a way that one personally thinks is right or just, often by the use of violence

[Cụm từ]
to jump the light

to ignore red traffic lights and move past them

[Cụm từ]
the law of the jungle

used to refer to a situation in which people are willing to do whatever it takes to succeed

[Cụm từ]
bandit territory

a place in which rules and laws are not followed or obeyed

[Danh từ]
to jump the line

to try to unfairly move past a group of people lining up somewhere before one's turn arrives

[Cụm từ]
off the back of a truck

used for saying that a free or unreasonably cheap product is not obtained legally

[Cụm từ]
AWOL

(of a person) not attending a place one was supposed to or leaving an obligation without any notice or permission

[Tính từ]
French leave

an unannounced and unauthorized absence from a job, workplace, or other commitment

[Danh từ]
to slip sb a Mickey (Finn)

to secretly put a drug in a person's drink in order to make them unconscious

[Cụm từ]
pink elephants

a vivid and often bizarre hallucination that a person may experience, typically as a result of heavy drinking or drug use

[Danh từ]
out of season

at a time when it is illegal to hunt an animal

[Cụm từ]
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