Lo gì mà lo, lo bò trắng răng, mua ba đồng thuốc nhuộm răng cho bò.

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Meaning · English

Don't worry excessively about something that is unlikely to happen

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đừng lo lắng quá mức về điều không chắc xảy ra

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Literally: Worry what worry, worry white-toothed ox, buy three coins of tooth dye for ox

Examples

Khi tôi lo lắng về việc đó, anh ấy nói với tôi: lo gì mà lo, lo bò trắng răng, mua ba đồng thuốc nhuộm răng cho bò.When I worried about that, he told me: don't worry, it's like worrying about a white-toothed ox, and then buying tooth dye for the ox.

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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 gì mà lo, lo bò trắng răng, mua ba đồng thuốc nhuộm răng cho bò.” mean?

Don't worry excessively about something that is unlikely to happen Literally: Worry what worry, worry white-toothed ox, buy three coins of tooth dye for ox

Is “Lo gì mà lo, lo bò trắng răng, mua ba đồng thuốc nhuộm răng cho bò.” formal or informal?

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