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Sense 1
Meaning · English
(phrase) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bỏ, mẹ.
Connotation: offensive or derogatory to many
Where it’s used:UsedToàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora
Examples
Nhìn người mẹ, cơm rau bỏ lạnh, suốt ngày bên con, mắt nhìn thầy lúc nào cũng cầu khẩn van lơn, đi ra đi vào không yên. Lúc lại cầm tay con trai mà nói: Con đừng bỏ mẹ ! Con đừng bỏ mẹ !Looking at the mother, her meals went cold, she was constantly with her son, her eyes were trained on the father, looking imploringly, pacing back and forth. Sometimes she grasped her son’s hand, “Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!”
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Sources & notes
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Cẩn thận không thì bỏ mẹ đó !Be careful or it'll go south!
Từ “bỏ mẹ” ấy hoàn toàn khác ngữ cảnh một người vỗ đùi cái đét: “Thế à? Bỏ mẹ rồi”, tức sự việc đã hỏng bét, gặp nguy khốn.The bỏ mẹ is not at all like one in the context of someone slapping their knee and going, “Thế à? Bỏ mẹ rồi,” (“Is that so? What a shit show”) which means the situation has gone south.
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Sense 3
Meaning · English
(adverb) Used as an intensifier or when agitated
Connotation: offensive or derogatory to many
Examples
ngu bỏ mẹso fucking stupid
Không câm mồm tao đánh bỏ mẹ mày bây giờ !Shut your mouth or I'll beat the living shit out of you!
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Sense 4
Meaning · English
(interjection) Used when agitated
Connotation: offensive or derogatory to many
Examples
Near-synonym: địt mẹ
Bỏ mẹ ! Hụt năm lần rồi !Fuck! I missed five times in a row!