Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Bắt gà xuống bơi như vịt, bắt bò xuống nước trâu đầm

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Meaning · English

Forcing someone to do something they are not suited for

Literally: Catch chicken to swim like duck, catch cow to enter buffalo pond

Examples

Không nên bắt gà xuống bơi như vịt, bắt bò xuống nước trâu đầmShould not force chicken to swim like duck, or cow to enter buffalo pond

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 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Bắt gà xuống bơi như vịt, bắt bò xuống nước trâu đầm” mean?

Forcing someone to do something they are not suited for Literally: Catch chicken to swim like duck, catch cow to enter buffalo pond

Is “Bắt gà xuống bơi như vịt, bắt bò xuống nước trâu đầm” formal or informal?

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

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