mất mang xỏ quàn con mắt
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
To lose everything in the process of gaining something
Examples
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Source gloss (Vietnamese): “Bắt thằng giáp không đặng, vơ thằng ất, ấy là làm chuyện bắt quờ.” 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 “mất mang xỏ quàn con mắt” mean?
To lose everything in the process of gaining something Literally: lose mang to thread through the eye
Is “mất mang xỏ quàn con mắt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.