Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

cơm nhà việc người

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Meaning · English

Home's rice, others' errands — fed at one table, worked at everyone else's.

Literally: house rice, others' business

Examples

Suốt ngày cơm nhà việc người.Home-fed, and forever running everyone else's errands.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 “cơm nhà việc người” mean?

Home's rice, others' errands — fed at one table, worked at everyone else's. Literally: house rice, others' business

Is “cơm nhà việc người” formal or informal?

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

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