đo ni đóng giày

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

Measured and cobbled to fit — tailor-made to someone's exact size, often suspiciously so.

Literally: take the measure, nail the shoe

Examples

Tiêu chí tuyển dụng như đo ni đóng giày cho con sếp.The job criteria were cobbled to the director's kid's exact foot.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục 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 “đo ni đóng giày” mean?

Measured and cobbled to fit — tailor-made to someone's exact size, often suspiciously so. Literally: take the measure, nail the shoe

Is “đo ni đóng giày” formal or informal?

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