nuôi khỉ dòm nhà
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Keeping a monkey to watch the house — entrusting the wrong creature and paying for it.
Literally: raise a monkey to peer at the house
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “nuôi khỉ dòm nhà” mean?
Keeping a monkey to watch the house — entrusting the wrong creature and paying for it. Literally: raise a monkey to peer at the house
Is “nuôi khỉ dòm nhà” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.