1. Ý Nghĩa
Cock something up: phạm sai lầm, làm hư hỏng, mắc lỗi hay không làm đúng cách, dẫn đến kết quả tiêu cực hoặc hậu quả không lường trước được.
Chú ý:
“Cock up”có thể được coi là một hình thức chửi thề nhẹ nhàng, thường được dùng trong các cuộc trò chuyện thông thường hay các tình huống không trang trọng, và nó có thể không phù hợp với các ngữ cảnh trang trọng hoặc chuyên nghiệp.
2. Ví dụ/Examples
I horribly cocked up that presentation at work. I was so nervous that I stumbled over my words and forgot crucial details.
She cocked up the recipe by adding an excessive amount of salt, and the dish turned out to be inedible.
I accidentally cocked up the dates for our vacation and booked the wrong flights. Now, everything needs to be rearranged.
We now need to call an experienced plumber after he did his best to fix the leaky pipe but ended up cocking it up.
My only job is to send the important email—but I got it all cocked up and sent it to the wrong recipient.
The company’s website launch was a cock-up. A lack of user-friendly features, broken links, and technical weaknesses were visibly found.
His latest project was an absolute cock-up. It was a complete failure; nothing went as expected.
There was a lot of misunderstanding and delays in project funding as a result of the financial department’s cock-up with the company’s budget.