Nghĩa là gì: charcoals 
charcoal /'tʃɑ:koul/
charcoal /'tʃɑ:koul/- danh từ
- than (củi)
- animal charcoal: than xương
- chì than (để vẽ)
- bức vẽ bằng chì than
- than (củi)
- ngoại động từ
- bôi than; viết bằng chì than, vẽ bằng than
blow the coals Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
rake someone over the coals
rake you over the coals
rake sb over the coals
Idiom(s): rake someone over the coals AND haul someone over the coalsTheme: SCOLDING
to give someone a severe scolding.
• My mother hauled me over the coals for coming in late last night.
• The manager raked me over the coals for being late again.
carry coals to Newcastle
Idiom(s): carry coals to NewcastleTheme: NEED - LACKING
to do something unnecessary; to do something that is redundant or duplicative. (Newcastle is an English town from which coal was shipped to other parts of England.)
• Taking food to a farmer is like carrying coals to Newcastle.
• Mr. Smith is so rich he doesn't need any more money. To give him money is like carrying coals to Newcastle.
haul sb over the coals
Idiom(s): rake someone over the coals AND haul someone over the coalsTheme: SCOLDING
to give someone a severe scolding.
• My mother hauled me over the coals for coming in late last night.
• The manager raked me over the coals for being late again.
Coals to Newcastle
(UK) Taking, bringing, or carrying coals to Newcastle is doing something that is completely unnecessary.Heap coals on someone's head
To do something nice or kind to someone who has been nasty to you. If someone felt bad because they forgot to get you a Christmas gift, for you to buy them a specially nice gift is heaping coals on their head. ('Heap coals of fire' is also used.)Rake over old coals
(UK) If you go back to old problems and try to bring them back, making trouble for someone, you are raking over old coals.carry coals to Newcastle|Newcastle|carry|coal|coal
v. phr. To do something unnecessary; bring or furnish something of which there is plenty. The man who waters his grass after a good rain is carrying coals to Newcastle. Joe was carrying coals to Newcastle when he told the doctor how to cure a cold. (Newcastle is an English city near many coal mines, and coal is sent out from there to other places.)heap coals of fire on one's head|coals|fire|head|h
v. phr., literary To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is ashamed. Alice heaped coals of fire on Mary's head by inviting her to a party after Mary had gossiped about her. Jean Valjean stole the Bishop's silver, but the Bishop heaped coals of fire on his head by giving the silver to him.rake over the coals|coals|haul|haul over|haul over
v. phr. To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call.Synonym: DRESS DOWN.
haul over the coals
haul over the coalssee rake over the coals.
rake over the coals
rake over the coalsAlso, haul over the coals. Reprimand severely, as in When Dad finds out about the damage to the car, he's sure to rake Peter over the coals, or The coach hauled him over the coals for missing practice. These terms allude to the medieval torture of pulling a heretic over red-hot coals. [Early 1800s]
blow the coals
To about-face a accessory affair into a above antecedent of conflict. Likened to adulation a afire blaze into a blaze by actually alarming on hot coals. Stop aggravating to draft the coals! There is no astriction amid Jen and me—you're apperception it! A: "What went amiss aftermost night?" B: "Well, you apperceive Sue, she aloof kept alarming the dress-down until everybody was in an absolute fight."Learn more: blow, coal
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