Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

trêu cò cò mổ mắt

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Meaning · English

Tease the stork and it pecks your eye — bait the patient bird at your own risk.

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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.

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