bọ rùa
(noun) ladybug/ladybird
Turtles · Rùa 15
Related topics: Historical slang (1800s) Rabbits & hares Head Water
fertile as a turtle
Highly fertile.
mock turtle
An imitation or substitute for something else, especially when such an imitation is seen as less authentic.
rùa
(noun) turtle; tortoise
rùa nước
aquatic turtle
turtle down
To shrink (to cower or flinch).
xe rùa
(noun) a wheelbarrow
Achilles and the tortoise
The allusion is to the following paradox proposed by Zeno: In a race Achilles, who can run ten times as fast as a tortoise, gives the latter 100 yards start; but it is impossible for him to overtake the tortoise and win the race; for, while he is running the first hundred yards the tortoise runs ten, while Achilles runs that ten the tortoise is running one, while Achilles is running one the tortoise runs one-tenth of a yard, and so on ad
rùa cạn
tortoise
the hare and the tortoise
An allusion to the well-known fable of the race between the hare and the tortoise, won by the latter; and the moral, "Slow and steady wins the race.
to turn turtle
To turn completely over, upside down, topsy-turvy. Usually said of boats, from the fact that a turtle, when turned on its back, is quite helpless.
turn turtle
to capsize or turn upside down
turtle
a slow and steady person
turtle head
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
turtle up
to withdraw or become defensive