Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

cưỡi ngựa xem hoa

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Viewing flowers from horseback — skimming past a thing that deserved a real look.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

ngắm hoa mà không dừng lại chiêm ngưỡng

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Literally: ride a horse, look at flowers

Examples

Đi bảo tàng mà cưỡi ngựa xem hoa thì phí.Rushing a museum is viewing flowers from horseback — a waste.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “cưỡi ngựa xem hoa” mean?

Viewing flowers from horseback — skimming past a thing that deserved a real look. Literally: ride a horse, look at flowers

Is “cưỡi ngựa xem hoa” formal or informal?

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

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