khô như con mắm
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Dry as salted fish — desiccated; a person or prose with all the juice cured out.
Literally: dry as a preserved mắm fish
Examples
Bài diễn văn khô như con mắm.The speech was dry as salt-cured fish.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “khô như con mắm” mean?
Dry as salted fish — desiccated; a person or prose with all the juice cured out. Literally: dry as a preserved mắm fish
Is “khô như con mắm” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.