đẽo cày giữa đường
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Carving a plow in the middle of the road — reworking a task to every passerby's advice until nothing is finished.
Literally: whittle the plow mid-road
Examples
Nghe ai cũng sửa theo thì thành đẽo cày giữa đường.Change it for every opinion and you're carving the plow in the road.
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 “đẽo cày giữa đường” mean?
Carving a plow in the middle of the road — reworking a task to every passerby's advice until nothing is finished. Literally: whittle the plow mid-road
Is “đẽo cày giữa đường” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.