Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Cơm sôi cả lửa thì khê, việc làm hay hỏng là lề thế gian

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Meaning · English

Things can go wrong even with the best efforts

Literally: Rice boils with fire then burns, doing things right or wrong is the way of the world

Examples

Anh ấy đã chuẩn bị kỹ lưỡng nhưng cuối cùng mọi thứ vẫn Cơm sôi cả lửa thì khê, việc làm hay hỏng là lề thế gian.He had prepared carefully, but in the end, everything still went wrong, it's just the way of the world.

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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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

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What does “Cơm sôi cả lửa thì khê, việc làm hay hỏng là lề thế gian” mean?

Things can go wrong even with the best efforts Literally: Rice boils with fire then burns, doing things right or wrong is the way of the world

Is “Cơm sôi cả lửa thì khê, việc làm hay hỏng là lề thế gian” formal or informal?

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