vào chỗ hà ra chỗ hố
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Meaning · English
To jump from a bad situation to a worse one
Literally: into the river out of the ditch
Examples
Anh ấy mất việc và vào chỗ hà ra chỗ hố khi vợ cũng bỏ anhHe lost his job and jumped from a bad situation to a worse one when his wife also left him
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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 “vào chỗ hà ra chỗ hố” mean?
To jump from a bad situation to a worse one Literally: into the river out of the ditch
Is “vào chỗ hà ra chỗ hố” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.