chưa nóng nước đã đỏ gọng
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Meaning · English
To be impatient or excited before things have even started
Literally: water not yet hot, pot already red
Examples
Anh ấy chưa nóng nước đã đỏ gọng khi chờ tin tức về kết quả thiHe was impatient before things had even started when waiting for the exam results
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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 drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “chưa nóng nước đã đỏ gọng” mean?
To be impatient or excited before things have even started Literally: water not yet hot, pot already red
Is “chưa nóng nước đã đỏ gọng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.