Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Ăn như rồng cuốn, nói như rồng leo, làm như mèo mửa cà cuống lội ngược

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Also seen as: Ăn như rồng cuốn, làm như mèo mửa cà cuống lội ngược)

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To eat heavily, speak boastfully, but work lazily

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Ăn nhiều, nói khoác, làm biếng

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Eat like a dragon rolling, speak like a dragon climbing, work like a cat vomiting and a crab walking backwards

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Sources & notes

Listed on Vietnamese Wikiquote “Tục ngữ Việt Nam” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30); 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 rồng cuốn, nói như rồng leo, làm như mèo mửa cà cuống lội ngược” mean?

To eat heavily, speak boastfully, but work lazily Literally: Eat like a dragon rolling, speak like a dragon climbing, work like a cat vomiting and a crab walking backwards

Is “Ăn như rồng cuốn, nói như rồng leo, làm như mèo mửa cà cuống lội ngược” formal or informal?

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

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