Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

chó khô mèo lạc

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Meaning · English

Dried-out dog, strayed cat — the household in its last mangy decline.

Literally: dog dried, cat lost

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “chó khô mèo lạc” mean?

Dried-out dog, strayed cat — the household in its last mangy decline. Literally: dog dried, cat lost

Is “chó khô mèo lạc” formal or informal?

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

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