khát nước chẳng lọ đè sừng
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Meaning · English
Longing for something but unable to get it
Literally: thirsty for water but having a jar stuck on one's horn
Examples
Anh ấy muốn mua nhà nhưng khát nước chẳng lọ đè sừng vì không đủ tiền.He wants to buy a house but is unable to do so because he lacks the money.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “khát nước chẳng lọ đè sừng” mean?
Longing for something but unable to get it Literally: thirsty for water but having a jar stuck on one's horn
Is “khát nước chẳng lọ đè sừng” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.