già lừa đẻ ra ngựa
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Meaning · English
An old person can still have new and valuable ideas
Literally: old horse gives birth to horse
Examples
Ông già lừa đẻ ra ngựa khi đề xuất phương án mớiThe old man proved that old horse can give birth to horse when he proposed the new plan
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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 “già lừa đẻ ra ngựa” mean?
An old person can still have new and valuable ideas Literally: old horse gives birth to horse
Is “già lừa đẻ ra ngựa” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.