Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Bụng đói đầu gối phải bò

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Meaning · English

Hunger forces one to work

Literally: Empty stomach knees must crawl

Examples

Khi mất việc, anh phải nhận bất kỳ công việc nào để sống, bụng đói đầu gối phải bò mà.When he lost his job, he had to take any job to survive, hunger forces one to work.

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Bụng đói đầu gối phải bò” mean?

Hunger forces one to work Literally: Empty stomach knees must crawl

Is “Bụng đói đầu gối phải bò” formal or informal?

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

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