Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

hết nạc vạc xương

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Meaning · English

Lean meat gone, scrape the bones — extraction continuing past the last worthwhile layer.

Literally: meat finished, whittle the bone

Examples

Hết nạc vạc xương, tận thu đến thế.The lean gone, they scraped the bones — squeezed to the last.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “hết nạc vạc xương” mean?

Lean meat gone, scrape the bones — extraction continuing past the last worthwhile layer. Literally: meat finished, whittle the bone

Is “hết nạc vạc xương” formal or informal?

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

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