ăn vặt quen mồm
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Meaning · English
Doing something unpleasant to get used to it
Literally: eating snacks to get accustomed to the mouth
Examples
Tôi ăn vặt quen mồm trước khi đi khám răngI ate snacks to get my mouth accustomed before going to the dentist
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 vặt quen mồm” mean?
Doing something unpleasant to get used to it Literally: eating snacks to get accustomed to the mouth
Is “ăn vặt quen mồm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.