đặt lửa lửa đỏ, đặt cỏ cỏ cháy
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Meaning · English
To put someone in a situation where they are likely to get into trouble
Literally: put fire fire red, put grass grass burns
Examples
Việc đặt lửa lửa đỏ, đặt cỏ cỏ cháy đã khiến anh ấy rơi vào rắc rốiPutting him in a situation where he was likely to get into trouble got him into trouble
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 “đặt lửa lửa đỏ, đặt cỏ cỏ cháy” mean?
To put someone in a situation where they are likely to get into trouble Literally: put fire fire red, put grass grass burns
Is “đặt lửa lửa đỏ, đặt cỏ cỏ cháy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.