食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢

Chinese
to eat (Cantonese) thing not to work; to do things to work; to do things
 
to hit hard; to smack; to break
to hit hard; to smack; to break; to smash
 (Cantonese) thing
trad. (食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢) 食 嘢 唔 做嘢 ， 做嘢 打爛 嘢
simp. (食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打烂嘢) 食 嘢 唔 做嘢 ， 做嘢 打烂 嘢
Literally: “[someone only] eats and does not do a thing; [when he actually] does things, [he] breaks things”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢

  1. (Cantonese) being idle and never doing things right

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