nhà ngói như nhà gianh
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Meaning · English
Two things are equally bad
Literally: tiled house like thatch house
Examples
Cô ấy chọn nhà ngói như nhà gianh khi phải lựa chọn giữa hai công việc không phù hợp.She chose the lesser of two evils when she had to choose between two unsuitable jobs.
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 “nhà ngói như nhà gianh” mean?
Two things are equally bad Literally: tiled house like thatch house
Is “nhà ngói như nhà gianh” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.