tay sốt đổ tay nguội
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Meaning · English
Passing work from one person to another without finishing it
Literally: hot hand, cold hand
Examples
Công việc bị tay sốt đổ tay nguội, không ai chịu trách nhiệmThe work was passed from one person to another without anyone taking responsibility
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 sốt đổ tay nguội” mean?
Passing work from one person to another without finishing it Literally: hot hand, cold hand
Is “tay sốt đổ tay nguội” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.