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Câu hỏi:
The expression “out of the frying pan and into the fire” means to go from one dilemma to a worse one.
- A. situation
- B. predicament
- C. solution
- D. embarrassment
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: B
Đáp án B
Kiến thức: Từ vựng, từ đồng nghĩa
Giải thích:
dilemma (n): thế lưỡng nan, thế khó xử
situation (n) : tình thế, tình hình predicament (n) : tình trạng khó xử
solution (n) : giải pháp embarrassment (n): sự lúng túng
=> dilemma = predicament
Tạm dịch: Cụm từ "out of the frying pan and into the fire" có nghĩa là đi từ tình thế tiến thoái lưỡng nan này sang một tình huống tiến thoái lưỡng nan khác còn tệ hơn.
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