Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

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

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đặt ai vào tình huống dễ gặp rắc rối

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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

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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?

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