phải trái hai mang
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Meaning · English
To be in a difficult or precarious situation
Literally: right left two shoulders
Examples
Anh ấy phải trái hai mang khi đối mặt với hai lựa chọn khó khăn.He was in a difficult situation when facing two tough choices.
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 trái hai mang” mean?
To be in a difficult or precarious situation Literally: right left two shoulders
Is “phải trái hai mang” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.