Giữ miệng như chăn tù

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Meaning · English

Keep quiet to avoid trouble

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Im lặng để tránh rắc rối

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Keep mouth like holding prison

Examples

Anh ấy giữ miệng như chăn tù khi bị hỏi về bí mật công ty.He kept quiet to avoid trouble when asked about the company's secret.

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 2026-08-06; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Giữ miệng như chăn tù” mean?

Keep quiet to avoid trouble Literally: Keep mouth like holding prison

Is “Giữ miệng như chăn tù” formal or informal?

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

👁 Views 0 today 1 past 7 days 1 this month 1 all time