mập-mờ như mụ lão sờ kim
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Meaning · English
Completely unclear or uncertain
Literally: as unclear as an old woman feeling for a needle
Examples
Tình hình hiện tại mập-mờ như mụ lão sờ kimThe current situation is as unclear as an old woman feeling for a needle
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 “mập-mờ như mụ lão sờ kim” mean?
Completely unclear or uncertain Literally: as unclear as an old woman feeling for a needle
Is “mập-mờ như mụ lão sờ kim” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.