Đuổi chó ngõ cùng
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Meaning · English
Chase a problem away only to have it return
Literally: Chase dog same alley
Examples
Anh ấy đã đuổi chó ngõ cùng khi cố gắng giải quyết vấn đề đóHe chased a dog down the same alley when trying to solve that problem
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “Đuổi chó ngõ cùng” mean?
Chase a problem away only to have it return Literally: Chase dog same alley
Is “Đuổi chó ngõ cùng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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