đầu cua tai nheo

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Literally "crab's head and catfish's ears".

Some articles also suggest that the morpheme tai here is not "ear", but Chinese (fish gill) (SV: tai), so the phrase is instead "crab's head and catfish's gills".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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đầu cua tai nheo

  1. (idiomatic) details in a story or event

See also

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