Ngưu tầm ngưu mã tầm mã. = Birds of a feather flock together.
Ngưu tầm ngưu mã tầm mã. = Birds of a feather flock together.
Last edited by camtieu; 10-25-2009 at 06:57 AM.
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Last edited by camtieu; 06-23-2010 at 02:50 PM.
The adage is "Birds of a feather flock together". Never heard "Birds of the same feather..."
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Đũa Môc trọc mâm son ====Wood Chopsticks bare rim lip
41. Đã nói là làm
No sooner said than done.
42. Đàn gẩy tay trâu
Be caviare to the general.
43. Đánh kẻ chạy đi, không ai đánh kẻ chạy lại
One should not hit a man when he is down.
44. Đánh trống lảnh
Ride off on the side issue.
45. Đầu tắt mặt tối
To toil and moil all day and night.
46. Đẹp như tranh
As pretty as paint.
47. Đi đêm lắm có ngày gặp ma
You can’t always be lucky.
48. Được voi đòi tiên
Give him a ring and he wants your whole arm.
49. đoàn kết là sống, chia rẽ là chết
Unites we stand, divided we fall.
50. Biết mình biết ta, trăm trận trăm thắng
To know oneself is true progress.
Mo ta, dien ta, phat hoa = To paint a picture (of something).
Example:
- The scientist painted a grim picture of life in the next century.
Last edited by camtieu; 12-08-2013 at 02:05 PM.
khôn mà không ngoan : too clever by half.
Examples:
= At school he had a reputation for arrogance. 'Too clever by half' was how one former teacher described him.
= She was too clever by half - always correcting the teacher or coming back with a smart answer.