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I suppose you have to be pretty thick-skinned to be a politician.
đầu óc đi vắng (đãng trí);
- forgetful; not carefully remembering
- preoccupied; not carefully paying attention
- doing something carelessly
Examples
- Her absent-minded husband forgot their anniversary.
- My mother's so absent-minded she not only losses her keys also forgets where she parked her car.
- You've been very absent-minded lately in class forgetting your homework and staring into space. Is there something going on at home that I should know about?
- I've been very absent-mined since my wife had a baby.
- My parents are completely different. My father is focused and attentive while my mother is absent-minded.
(informal) worried and confused
She's in a spin over the arrangements for the party. Cô ấy lo lắng và không rõ ràng về sự sắp xếp cho buổi tiệc.
News of the director's resignation sent/threw the management into a spin. Tin về việc giám đốc từ chức đã gởi đến/ném ra việc quản lý lo lắng và bất định.
very briefly, giving only the main points = in a few words
What went wrong? - In a nutshell, everything.
Just tell me the story in a nutshell.
The truth in a nutshell is that I knew nothing of politics until I heard my mom's opinion on the war.
UK: at a pinch = if necessary
Something that you can do at a pinch can be done if it is really necessary, but it will be difficult, not perfect, or not what you would really like.
Examples:
I need £20,000 to set up the business, but I suppose £15,000 would do at a pinch.
You should use lime juice, but in a pinch lemon juice will work.
You can use cat command if vim isn't installed, which will most likely be the case if it's not a bare/raw container. It works at a pinch and fine when copy and paste to a proper editor locally.