Vào nhà nọ, ra nhà kia
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Meaning · English
To go from one bad situation to another
Literally: Enter one house, exit another house
Examples
Anh ấy vừa mất việc ở công ty nọ, sang công ty kia thì lại bị裁 giảm nhân sự.He just lost his job at one company, and when he moved to another, he was laid off again.
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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.
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Common questions
What does “Vào nhà nọ, ra nhà kia” mean?
To go from one bad situation to another Literally: Enter one house, exit another house
Is “Vào nhà nọ, ra nhà kia” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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