căn nhà nghỉ dưỡng cho thuê
holiday rental; vacation rental
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holiday rental; vacation rental
having a full belly can make one sleepy
Stretched drum-tight — a situation, deadline, or atmosphere at maximum tension; "đét" is the snap that pushes "căng" (tense) to its limit.
Old to them, new to us — one owner's castoff is the next one's prize.
Could be worse; not too bad
So-so; not too bad
A plot kept loosely brings the disaster home first — the leaky scheme detonates on its maker.
The deeper the scheme, the deeper the ruin — malice digs its own grave to measure.
Rice carried to the very mouth — service so complete the jaw alone is left employed.
Father's rice, mother's clothes, teacher's letters — the three debts every childhood runs up.
Dog food, figuratively — the couple sweetness that single onlookers get force-fed when lovers flaunt their romance; you «ăn» (eat) it whether you ordered it or not. Borrowed from Chinese internet slang.
rice isn't well cooked, broths aren't well seasoned
Rice and fish to placate the Buddha's face — offerings for appearance's sake only.
Musty rice and threadbare clothes — a life of hungry, ragged poverty.
synonym of cơm chẳng lành, canh chẳng ngọt
Rice from Hoá, fish from Từ — each village its delicacy.
Rice at dawn, gruel by dusk — a larder that keeps no promises.
Home's rice, others' errands — fed at one table, worked at everyone else's.
A clay pot of rice and a jug of water — the makeshift housekeeping of someone living alone.
Full of rice and warm with wine — fed, watered and thoroughly content.
leftover rice and soup dregs
Plain rice is the true mother — the humble staple that actually keeps you alive.
The king's rice is the people's debt — every stipend was first a tax.
The king's rice, the lord's cloth — fed and clothed by power, and owned accordingly.
Rain from the east: watch it and run; rain from the south: work on and play — the sky's directions, sorted by threat.
A black spell and a strapped season — luck's low tide and the purse's together.
In peace, prepare for peril — while things are calm, plan for the day they aren't.
A dwelling need only fit the knees — lodging asks sufficiency, not splendor.
The carpenter's saw — back and forth, giving a little each pass; steady reciprocation.
Saw it through, chisel it clean — settling matters crisply, each item squared away.
Cute enough to faint over — "cưng" (precious) plus the fainting booster; standard-issue caption under puppy and baby content.
The cuckoo lodging in the magpie's nest — comfort claimed in another's building.
Ginger and cinnamon sharpen with age — the old grow only more pungent in wit and savor.
Robbery up on the squash trellis — a grab so brazen it's done in plain sight, overhead.
Laughter that blows the roof off — a room-wrecking fit of hilarity, the Vietnamese cousin of "bring the house down".
A laugh that bares all ten teeth — mirth past the limit of grace.
Laughing till you can't pick your mouth back up — helpless, unstoppable laughter.
Laugh at others briefly — this year's laughingstock is next year's mirror.
"Minor successes or failures along the way are of no significance – the person who is ultimately triumphant is the only real winner.".
Laughing out tears — smiling through what should be wept over.
Laughing till your navel splits — doubled over, aching with laughter.
Laughing to the point of fainting — the compact, comment-ready hyperbole; part of the productive Gen-Z "X + xỉu" (faint) family.
Crude hyperbole for uncontrollable laughter — the vulgar top shelf of "I'm dying"; comment-section language, not dinner-table language.
Viewing flowers from horseback — skimming past a thing that deserved a real look.
Riding on heads and necks — trampling over people, lording it over them utterly.
Riding the elephant's head — perched on the most powerful seat.
Riding the head of a rogue elephant — mastery of what may bolt at any breath.
"Bottoms up!" — literally "dry the glass"; the toast that means it. Refusing entirely is easier than half-drinking.
When the water drains, the fish traps show — wait for events to bottom out and act on what appears.
impoverished; impecunious; destitute
Criticism or pressure that is too harsh snuffs out motivation instead of correcting it.
losing temper will lead to a lapse in judgment
(phrase) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cả, nhà.
Casting off the old to follow the new — reforming; leaving outdated ways for modern ones.
To restore the old to youth — rejuvenating; giving something fresh vigor and a second spring.
to switch from sin to the right path; to mend one's ways; to turn over a new leaf
Closing the markets and barring the rivers — strangling trade and movement with blockades and decrees.
Holding the scales and snapping the ink-line — to arbitrate; to be the one who sets the fair standard.
Holding the scales level — keeping to strict fairness in all dealings.
Handle oil and your hands will glisten — manage money or goods long enough and some rubs off; custody breeds seepage.