كيف تنطق "thumb on the scale"

expression

THUHM on thuh SKAYL

THUM on the SKAYL

التعريف

To secretly do something that unfairly changes the result, especially to give an advantage to one side; literally, it refers to pressing a thumb on a scale to make something weigh more.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈθəm/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈskeɪɫ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

θˈʌm/ /ˈɒn/ /ðə, ði/ /skˈeɪl

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

THUHM on thuh SKAYL

بريطاني

THUM on the SKAYL

استمع في السياق

The judge was accused of putting his thumb on the scale during the trial.

It’s unfair to put your thumb on the scale in a competition.

The company put its thumb on the scale to win the contract.

Are you sure no one put a thumb on the scale in this decision?