Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Mồng một lưỡi trai, mồng hai lưỡi liềm

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Something that starts well but ends badly

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bắt đầu tốt nhưng kết thúc tồi

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Literally: first day spear tongue, second day sickle tongue

Examples

Dự án khởi đầu suôn sẻ nhưng kết thúc thất bại, thật là mồng một lưỡi trai, mồng hai lưỡi liềmThe project started smoothly but ended in failure, it's really a case of mồng một lưỡi trai, mồng hai lưỡi liềm

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Sources & notes

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 2026-08-07; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Mồng một lưỡi trai, mồng hai lưỡi liềm” mean?

Something that starts well but ends badly Literally: first day spear tongue, second day sickle tongue

Is “Mồng một lưỡi trai, mồng hai lưỡi liềm” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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