Vietnamese edit

Examples

lên voi xuống chó ([once got to] climb on elephants; [now have to] stoop to dogs' level; from riches to rags)
ăn cháo đá bát (to have all the rice congee and then kick the bowl; to be despicably ungrateful)
trời đánh tránh bữa ăn (even the lord never pours his wrath upon thee at mealtimes; don't make a fuss at mealtimes and make everyone lose appetite)

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 成語 (set phrase).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(classifier câu) thành ngữ

  1. an idiom (language)

See also edit