bồng em thì khỏi xay lúa, xay lúa thì khỏi bồng em
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Minding the baby excuses the rice-milling, and the reverse — one back cannot carry two jobs at once.
Examples
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “bồng em thì khỏi xay lúa, xay lúa thì khỏi bồng em” mean?
Minding the baby excuses the rice-milling, and the reverse — one back cannot carry two jobs at once. Literally: carry the baby, skip the milling; mill, skip the baby
Is “bồng em thì khỏi xay lúa, xay lúa thì khỏi bồng em” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.