ông tha mà bà chẳng tha, đánh một cái lụt mồng ba tháng mười
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Grandfather forgives, grandmother doesn't — the tenth-month flood that always comes anyway; mercy overruled at home.
Sources & notes
Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “ông tha mà bà chẳng tha, đánh một cái lụt mồng ba tháng mười” mean?
Grandfather forgives, grandmother doesn't — the tenth-month flood that always comes anyway; mercy overruled at home. Literally: he pardons but she won't: the third-day flood of the tenth month
Is “ông tha mà bà chẳng tha, đánh một cái lụt mồng ba tháng mười” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.