trêu cò cò mổ mắt
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Tease the stork and it pecks your eye — bait the patient bird at your own risk.
Literally: provoke the stork, the stork pecks the eye
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 is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “trêu cò cò mổ mắt” mean?
Tease the stork and it pecks your eye — bait the patient bird at your own risk. Literally: provoke the stork, the stork pecks the eye
Is “trêu cò cò mổ mắt” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.