nhặt lá đá ống bơ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally, "to pick up leaves and kick tin cans (dropped on the road)"

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲat̚˧˨ʔ laː˧˦ ʔɗaː˧˦ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˦ ʔɓəː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲak̚˨˩ʔ laː˨˩˦ ʔɗaː˨˩˦ ʔəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ ʔɓəː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲak̚˨˩˨ laː˦˥ ʔɗaː˦˥ ʔəwŋ͡m˦˥ ʔɓəː˧˧]

Phrase

nhặt lá đá ống bơ

  1. (figurative, of a person's personality) overly curious in taking a crack at miscellaneous items, usually with no or little purpose
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