Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Lo bằng lo sang sứ

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Worrying about something that may never happen

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Lo lắng về điều mà có thể không xảy ra

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Worrying by worrying about breaking a porcelain cup

Examples

Anh ấy lo bằng lo sang sứ về việc con mình bị ốmHe worries unnecessarily about his child getting sick

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

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 “Lo bằng lo sang sứ” mean?

Worrying about something that may never happen Literally: Worrying by worrying about breaking a porcelain cup

Is “Lo bằng lo sang sứ” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time