tội vịt chửa qua, tội gà đã đến
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Meaning · English
One trouble passes, another arrives
Literally: guilty duck not yet passed, guilty chicken already arrived
Examples
Tôi vừa trả xong nợ cũ, tội vịt chửa qua, tội gà đã đến, tôi lại phải vay tiềnI just paid off my old debt, but now I have to borrow money again
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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 “tội vịt chửa qua, tội gà đã đến” mean?
One trouble passes, another arrives Literally: guilty duck not yet passed, guilty chicken already arrived
Is “tội vịt chửa qua, tội gà đã đến” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.