lúng-túng như thợ vụng mất kim
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Meaning · English
Completely at a loss
Literally: clumsy like a blind worker losing his needle
Examples
Anh ấy lúng-túng như thợ vụng mất kim khi phải trình bày trước đám đôngHe was completely at a loss like a blind worker losing his needle when he had to present in front of the crowd
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “lúng-túng như thợ vụng mất kim” mean?
Completely at a loss Literally: clumsy like a blind worker losing his needle
Is “lúng-túng như thợ vụng mất kim” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.