phải tội lội xuống sông
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Meaning · English
to be so hungry that one could eat anything
Literally: must sin down river
Examples
Sau nhiều ngày đi bộ, anh phải tội lội xuống sông.After walking for many days, he was so hungry he could eat anything.
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 “phải tội lội xuống sông” mean?
to be so hungry that one could eat anything Literally: must sin down river
Is “phải tội lội xuống sông” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.