Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Tránh ông cả, ngã phải ông ba mươi

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Meaning · English

Trying to avoid one problem but ending up with a worse one

Literally: Avoid the husband, fall to the thirty husbands

Examples

Anh ấy muốn tránh ông cả, ngã phải ông ba mươi khi đầu tư vào dự án đóHe tried to avoid one problem, but ended up with a worse one when investing in that project

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Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Tránh ông cả, ngã phải ông ba mươi” mean?

Trying to avoid one problem but ending up with a worse one Literally: Avoid the husband, fall to the thirty husbands

Is “Tránh ông cả, ngã phải ông ba mươi” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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