Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

ách giữa đàng mang qua cổ

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Also seen as: cái ách giữa đàng đâm quàng vào cổ

Meaning · English

The yoke lying mid-road, hauled onto one's own neck — trouble that was nobody's, volunteered for.

Literally: the mid-road yoke carried over the neck

Examples

Không ai nhờ mà cũng nhận, ách giữa đàng mang qua cổ.Nobody asked, yet he took it on — the roadside yoke pulled onto his own neck.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “ách giữa đàng mang qua cổ” mean?

The yoke lying mid-road, hauled onto one's own neck — trouble that was nobody's, volunteered for. Literally: the mid-road yoke carried over the neck

Is “ách giữa đàng mang qua cổ” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.