Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Ỳ ạch như cóc leo thang

🎙 Say it

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To make slow and difficult progress

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tiến bộ chậm chạp và khó khăn

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: as slow as a gecko climbing a ladder

Examples

Anh ấy học tiếng Anh ỳ ạch như cóc leo thang.He learns English as slow as a gecko climbing a ladder.

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 2026-08-09; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Ỳ ạch như cóc leo thang” mean?

To make slow and difficult progress Literally: as slow as a gecko climbing a ladder

Is “Ỳ ạch như cóc leo thang” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 2 past 7 days 2 this month 2 all time