ăn lông ở lỗ

Vietnamese

Etymology

ăn (“to eat”) +‎ lông (“hair, fur”) +‎ ở (“to stay, to live”) +‎ lỗ (“hole”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔan˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˧˩ lo˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˧˨ low˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˨˩˦ low˨˩˦]

Verb

ăn lông ở lỗ

(idiomatic) to live as if one is a prehistoric man

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