食嘢唔做嘢,做嘢打爛嘢

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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) 做嘢 做嘢 打爛
simp. (食嘢唔做嘢,做嘢打烂嘢) 做嘢 做嘢 打烂
Literally: “[someone only] eats and does not do a thing; [when he actually] does things, [he] breaks things”.

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Idiom

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食嘢唔做嘢,做嘢打爛嘢

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

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