Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Một con rữa hôi thối cả giỏ

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

One rotten item spoils the whole collection

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Một món hư hỏng có thể làm hỏng toàn bộ

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: One rotten fish stinks the whole basket

Examples

Một con rữa hôi thối cả giỏ, công ty thất bại chỉ vì một nhân viên yếu kémOne rotten fish stinks the whole basket, the company failed just because of one weak employee

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

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 “Một con rữa hôi thối cả giỏ” mean?

One rotten item spoils the whole collection Literally: One rotten fish stinks the whole basket

Is “Một con rữa hôi thối cả giỏ” formal or informal?

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

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time