Ăn như hùm đổ đó
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Meaning · English
Eat very quickly and greedily
Literally: Eat like a pouring tiger
Where it’s used:
Used
Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora
Examples
Cậu ấy Ăn như hùm đổ đó khi thấy món thịt nướngHe ate like a pouring tiger when he saw the grilled meat
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Listed on Vietnamese Wikiquote “Thành ngữ Việt Nam” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “Ăn như hùm đổ đó” mean?
Eat very quickly and greedily Literally: Eat like a pouring tiger
Is “Ăn như hùm đổ đó” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.