nốt ruồi ở cổ có lỗ tiền chôn
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Meaning · English
A small flaw can lead to big trouble
Literally: mole on the neck has a hole to bury money
Examples
Cái nốt ruồi ở cổ có lỗ tiền chôn của anh ấy đã khiến công ty mất một hợp đồng lớnHis small flaw led to the company losing a big contract
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 “nốt ruồi ở cổ có lỗ tiền chôn” mean?
A small flaw can lead to big trouble Literally: mole on the neck has a hole to bury money
Is “nốt ruồi ở cổ có lỗ tiền chôn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.