Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

bố vợ là vớ cọc chèo, mẹ vợ là bèo trôi sông, chàng rể là ông ba-vì

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Meaning · English

A husband has to deal with his in-laws' interference

Literally: father-in-law is a pole to lean on, mother-in-law is floating water hyacinth, son-in-law is a third-class man

Examples

Anh ấy luôn than thở về việc bố vợ là vớ cọc chèo, mẹ vợ là bèo trôi sông, chàng rể là ông ba-vìHe always complains about his in-laws' interference, saying his father-in-law is a pole to lean on, mother-in-law is floating water hyacinth, son-in-law is a third-class man

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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 “bố vợ là vớ cọc chèo, mẹ vợ là bèo trôi sông, chàng rể là ông ba-vì” mean?

A husband has to deal with his in-laws' interference Literally: father-in-law is a pole to lean on, mother-in-law is floating water hyacinth, son-in-law is a third-class man

Is “bố vợ là vớ cọc chèo, mẹ vợ là bèo trôi sông, chàng rể là ông ba-vì” formal or informal?

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