tối tăm mặt mũi

Vietnamese

Etymology

tối tăm +‎ mặt mũi.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [toj˧˦ tam˧˧ mat̚˧˨ʔ muj˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [toj˨˩˦ tam˧˧ mak̚˨˩ʔ muj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [toj˦˥ tam˧˧ mak̚˨˩˨ muj˨˩˦]

Adverb

tối tăm mặt mũi

  1. (colloquial) being to heavily burdened by greater workload than one can withstand, nearly to the point of exhaustion, being overwhelmed
    bận tối tăm mặt mũi ― overwhelmingly busy

See also

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