Thân em như cá trong bồn
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Meaning · English
completely at someone's mercy
Literally: my body like fish in a tank
Where it’s used:
Used
Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora
Examples
Thân em như cá trong bồn, không biết làm sao thoát khỏi tình huống nàyI'm completely at their mercy, I don't know how to escape this situation
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Listed on Vietnamese Wikiquote “Ca dao Việt Nam” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “Thân em như cá trong bồn” mean?
completely at someone's mercy Literally: my body like fish in a tank
Is “Thân em như cá trong bồn” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.