Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

chót lưỡi đầu môi

🎙 Say it

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Tongue-tip and lip-edge — glib words with nothing behind them.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Lời nói suông, không có nội dung

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: tip of tongue, edge of lip

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành 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 “chót lưỡi đầu môi” mean?

Tongue-tip and lip-edge — glib words with nothing behind them. Literally: tip of tongue, edge of lip

Is “chót lưỡi đầu môi” formal or informal?

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

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 1 all time