trống xuôi kèn ngược
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Drum beating one way, horn blowing the other — a team pulling in opposite directions.
Literally: drum goes with, horn goes against
Examples
Ban tổ chức trống xuôi kèn ngược, chẳng ai theo ai.The committee is drum-one-way, horn-the-other.
Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Tục 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 “trống xuôi kèn ngược” mean?
Drum beating one way, horn blowing the other — a team pulling in opposite directions. Literally: drum goes with, horn goes against
Is “trống xuôi kèn ngược” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.