mống dài trời lụt, mống cụt trời mưa
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Meaning · English
A long rainbow floods, a stubby one rains — the farmer's sky-reading rule.
Literally: long bow: inundation; short bow: rain
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). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “mống dài trời lụt, mống cụt trời mưa” mean?
A long rainbow floods, a stubby one rains — the farmer's sky-reading rule. Literally: long bow: inundation; short bow: rain
Is “mống dài trời lụt, mống cụt trời mưa” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.