cưa mạch nào đứt mạch ấy
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
To stop or give up something at a critical moment
Literally: saw which vein breaks which vein
Examples
Anh ấy cưa mạch nào đứt mạch ấy khi thấy khó khănHe gave up when he saw the difficulty
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “cưa mạch nào đứt mạch ấy” mean?
To stop or give up something at a critical moment Literally: saw which vein breaks which vein
Is “cưa mạch nào đứt mạch ấy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.