nước đục thả câu

Vietnamese

Etymology

nước đục +‎ thả +‎ câu. Compare fish in troubled waters.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˧˦ ʔɗʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ tʰaː˧˩ kəw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˦˧˥ ʔɗʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ tʰaː˧˨ kəw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nɨək̚˦˥ ʔɗʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ tʰaː˨˩˦ kəw˧˧]

Idiom

nước đục thả câu

  1. to fish in troubled waters
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