vót đuôi nheo
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Meaning · English
To try to hide or conceal one's mistakes
Literally: sharpen the cat's tail
Examples
Anh ấy vót đuôi nheo sau khi gây ra tai nạnHe tried to hide his mistake after causing the accident
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
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 “vót đuôi nheo” mean?
To try to hide or conceal one's mistakes Literally: sharpen the cat's tail
Is “vót đuôi nheo” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.