Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

ông thày khoe ông thày tốt, bà cốt cạy bà cốt hay

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Meaning · English

Everyone praises their own

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

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Literally: teacher boasts of teacher's goodness, bone boasts of bone's cleverness

Examples

Ông thầy khoe ông thầy tốt, bà cốt cạy bà cốt hay khi nói về con cái.The teacher boasts of the teacher's goodness, the bone boasts of the bone's cleverness when talking about their children.

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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 “ông thày khoe ông thày tốt, bà cốt cạy bà cốt hay” mean?

Everyone praises their own Literally: teacher boasts of teacher's goodness, bone boasts of bone's cleverness

Is “ông thày khoe ông thày tốt, bà cốt cạy bà cốt hay” formal or informal?

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