Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

ăn cơm mấy cáy thì ngáy o o, ăn cơm thịt bò thì lo ngay ngáy

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Meaning · English

Poor people worry constantly, while rich people worry occasionally

Literally: eating rice with a few fish makes one sleep restlessly, eating beef makes one worry at night

Examples

Tôi ăn cơm mấy cáy thì ngáy o o, còn anh ấy ăn cơm thịt bò thì lo ngay ngáyI eat rice with a few fish and sleep restlessly, but he eats beef and worries at night

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “ăn cơm mấy cáy thì ngáy o o, ăn cơm thịt bò thì lo ngay ngáy” mean?

Poor people worry constantly, while rich people worry occasionally Literally: eating rice with a few fish makes one sleep restlessly, eating beef makes one worry at night

Is “ăn cơm mấy cáy thì ngáy o o, ăn cơm thịt bò thì lo ngay ngáy” formal or informal?

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