lấy thúng úp voi
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Meaning · English
Hiding an elephant under a basket — concealment outsized by its secret.
Literally: take a basket to cover the elephant
Examples
Chuyện cả cơ quan biết rồi, lấy thúng úp voi sao được.The whole office knows — you can't basket an elephant.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “lấy thúng úp voi” mean?
Hiding an elephant under a basket — concealment outsized by its secret. Literally: take a basket to cover the elephant
Is “lấy thúng úp voi” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.