ăn lông ở lỗ
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ăn (“to eat”) + lông (“hair, fur”) + ở (“to stay, to live”) + lỗ (“hole”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˧˩ lo˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˧˨ low˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔəː˨˩˦ low˨˩˦]
Verb[edit]
- (idiomatic) to live as if one is a prehistoric man