khỏi họng ra bụng dơ
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Meaning · English
To escape one problem only to encounter another
Literally: out of the throat into the dirty belly
Examples
Anh ấy vừa hết bệnh, rồi lại mất việc, thật khỏi họng ra bụng dơ.He just got over his illness, and then he lost his job, what a case of out of the frying pan into the fire.
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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 “khỏi họng ra bụng dơ” mean?
To escape one problem only to encounter another Literally: out of the throat into the dirty belly
Is “khỏi họng ra bụng dơ” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.