thắt đuôi chuột
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Meaning · English
to end or stop something abruptly
Literally: to tie a mouse's tail
Examples
Công việc đang smooth thì phải thắt đuôi chuột vì hết kinh phíThe project was going smoothly but had to be stopped abruptly due to lack of funds
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 “thắt đuôi chuột” mean?
to end or stop something abruptly Literally: to tie a mouse's tail
Is “thắt đuôi chuột” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.