tay sờ đến gáy
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Meaning · English
to be very close to catching or overtaking someone
Literally: hand touches the nape
Examples
Cậu ấy chạy rất nhanh, tay sờ đến gáy mà vẫn không kịp bắt kịp bạn mình.He ran very fast, but still couldn't catch up with his friend even when he was very close.
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 “tay sờ đến gáy” mean?
to be very close to catching or overtaking someone Literally: hand touches the nape
Is “tay sờ đến gáy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.