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straw /ˈstrɑː/  

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  • noun
    plural straws
    [noncount] :the dry stems of wheat and other grain plants
    a bed/pile of straw - often used before another noun
    a straw hat/mat
    [count] :a single dry stem of a grain plant
    He was chewing on a straw.
    [count] :a thin tube used for sucking up a drink
    He asked for a straw for his iced tea.
    She drank the juice through a straw.
    clutch/grasp at straws
    to try to solve a problem by doing things that probably will not help
    I asked her for a loan. I didn't think she'd agree, but at that point I was grasping at straws.
    draw straws
    xem draw
    straw in the wind
    a sign of what might come in the future
    A few straws in the windsuch as increased tourism and shoppingsuggest that the economy is improving.
    the final/last straw
    or the straw that breaks/broke the camel's back
    the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset, angry, etc.
    It had been a difficult week, so when the car broke down, it was the last straw.

    * Các từ tương tự:
    straw man, straw poll, strawberry, strawberry blonde, strawberry mark, straw-colored