Thành Ngữ Thông Dụng

[camtieu]

Trưởng giả học làm sang. = A cashed up bogan.

[camtieu]

Mê như điếu đổ. = Head over heels.

Example:

My gf and I met at a nightclub and instantly fell head over heels for one another.

[camtieu]

Tình đơn phương. = unrequited love.

[craig41]

The adage is "Birds of a feather flock together". Never heard "Birds of the same feather..."

[craig41]

It's also said: "A stitch in time saves nine"

[phambac2406]

Đũa Môc trọc mâm son ====Wood Chopsticks bare rim lip

[camtieu]

Vòng luẩn quẩn = Catch 22.

Example:

My parents wont let me drive until i can afford to pay insurance, but they wont let me get a job until i can drive myself to work. I am caught in catch 22 because i cant get a job without a car and i cant get a car without a job.

[camtieu]

đi thẳng/chuồn thẳng = to make a beeline for.

Vi du:
Co ta quay đầu đi thẳng ra cua. = She turns back and makes a beeline for the door.

[camtieu]

Gan dat xa troi. = to live on borrowed time.

Example: He has cancer, he is living on borrowed time.

[iigtrainingcenter]

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.