chó ăn vã mắm

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Meaning · English

Dogs gobbling straight fish-paste — a snarling free-for-all of a quarrel.

Literally: dogs eat mắm plain
Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “chó ăn vã mắm” mean?

Dogs gobbling straight fish-paste — a snarling free-for-all of a quarrel. Literally: dogs eat mắm plain

Is “chó ăn vã mắm” formal or informal?

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