Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

bới đất nhặt cỏ

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Meaning · English

Scratching soil and picking grass — subsistence at the fingernail level.

Literally: dig earth, glean grass

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “bới đất nhặt cỏ” mean?

Scratching soil and picking grass — subsistence at the fingernail level. Literally: dig earth, glean grass

Is “bới đất nhặt cỏ” formal or informal?

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

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