Lo gì mà lo, lo quanh lo quẩn, lo con bò trắng răng, mua ba đồng thuốc nhuộm răng cho bò

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Meaning · English

Don't worry excessively about trivial things

Literally: Worry what worry, worry around worry mess, worry about white-toothed buffalo, buy three coins of tooth dye for buffalo

Examples

Tôi không hiểu tại sao anh ấy lại lo lắng như vậy, lo gì mà lo, lo quanh lo quẩn, lo con bò trắng răng, mua ba đồng thuốc nhuộm răng cho bòI don't understand why he's worrying so much, don't worry excessively about trivial things

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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 quanh lo quẩn, lo con bò trắng răng, mua ba đồng thuốc nhuộm răng cho bò” mean?

Don't worry excessively about trivial things Literally: Worry what worry, worry around worry mess, worry about white-toothed buffalo, buy three coins of tooth dye for buffalo

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

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