Chắc lắm lép nhiều
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Meaning · English
Too much of a good thing can be bad
Literally: Sure many slippery
Examples
Cậu ấy quá tự tin nên cuối cùng thất bại, chắc lắm lép nhiều.He was too confident, so he ended up failing, too much of a good thing can be bad.
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.
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Common questions
What does “Chắc lắm lép nhiều” mean?
Too much of a good thing can be bad Literally: Sure many slippery
Is “Chắc lắm lép nhiều” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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