Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Kẻ cắp lại gặp bà già, vỏ quýt dầy lại gặp móng tay nhọn

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Meaning · English

One evil meets a worse evil

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Một điều ác gặp một điều ác worse

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Literally: Thief meets old woman, thick tangerine peel meets sharp fingernail

Examples

Kẻ cắp lại gặp bà già, vỏ quýt dầy lại gặp móng tay nhọn khi anh ta bị bắt gặp bởi người vợ của chủ nhàThe thief met an old woman, and the thick tangerine peel met a sharp fingernail when he was caught by the homeowner's wife

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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 “Kẻ cắp lại gặp bà già, vỏ quýt dầy lại gặp móng tay nhọn” mean?

One evil meets a worse evil Literally: Thief meets old woman, thick tangerine peel meets sharp fingernail

Is “Kẻ cắp lại gặp bà già, vỏ quýt dầy lại gặp móng tay nhọn” formal or informal?

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