Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Ăn như thợ đấu

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Eat heavily and heartily

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

ăn nhiều và hào phóng

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Eat like a fighting cock

Examples

Anh ấy ăn như thợ đấu khi đi ăn buffetHe eats like a fighting cock when he goes to a buffet

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Ăn như thợ đấu” mean?

Eat heavily and heartily Literally: Eat like a fighting cock

Is “Ăn như thợ đấu” formal or informal?

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

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time