bỡ-ngỡ như bợ vào rừng
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Meaning · English
Feeling nervous or out of place
Literally: like a fish entering the forest
Examples
Anh ấy bỡ-ngỡ như bợ vào rừng khi đến thành phố lớn lần đầuHe felt nervous like a fish entering the forest when he came to the big city for the first time
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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 “bỡ-ngỡ như bợ vào rừng” mean?
Feeling nervous or out of place Literally: like a fish entering the forest
Is “bỡ-ngỡ như bợ vào rừng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.