Chuột bầy đào không nên lỗ
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Meaning · English
Don't dig a hole to bury yourself
Literally: mice dig holes not to be hollow
Examples
Anh ấy đã chuột bầy đào không nên lỗ khi đầu tư vào dự án đóHe dug his own grave by investing in that project
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 “Chuột bầy đào không nên lỗ” mean?
Don't dig a hole to bury yourself Literally: mice dig holes not to be hollow
Is “Chuột bầy đào không nên lỗ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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