thấy ông bà ông vải
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Seeing one's ancestors — run so far past exhaustion you glimpse the other side.
Literally: meet grandpa, grandma and the ancestral scrolls
Examples
Leo tới đỉnh thì thấy ông bà ông vải.By the summit I was half in the ancestors' parlor.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “thấy ông bà ông vải” mean?
Seeing one's ancestors — run so far past exhaustion you glimpse the other side. Literally: meet grandpa, grandma and the ancestral scrolls
Is “thấy ông bà ông vải” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.