海角乱伦

- Eating is much but accommodating is little: Ăn nhiều, ở mấy!

- Eating as in the North; clothing as in the South: ăn Bắc, mặc Nam

- You eat slowly, that is good for stomach; you plough deeply, that is good for fields: Ăn kỹ no l芒u, c脿y s芒u tốt l煤a

- When having a party, go first; when walking in the water, go after: ăn cỗ đi trước, lội nước theo sau
( = He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will = the early bird catches the worm)

- One worm may damage the whole cooking soup: Con s芒u bỏ rầu nồi canh

- Eating and sitting without labor: Ăn kh么ng ngồi rồi
(= to be at the loose end)

- Eeating nothing but saying yes: Ăn kh么ng n贸i c贸
( = to slander)

Source: adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/proverbs.htm

so nice,chao ben

@B janu janu: you meant 'hello"? You must say "Ch脿o b岷�n"聽 !

1. A good neighbor/friend is worth more than 100 relatives: B脿 con xa kh么ng b岷眓g x贸m gi峄乶g g岷�n (hay: b谩n anh em xa, mua l谩ng gi峄乶g g岷�n!)

2. To know oneself is true progress: Bi岷縯 m矛nh bi岷縯 ta tr膬m tr岷璶 tr膬m th岷痭g

3. Stop harping on/upon the same string: Bi岷縯 r峄搃, kh峄� l岷痬, n贸i m茫i (I'm not sure about this quote )

4. If you cannot bite, never show your teeth: Kh么ng bi岷縯 th矛 d峄盿 c峄檛 m脿 nghe

5. Keep a white elephant: B峄� th矛 th瓢啤ng, v瓢啤ng th矛 t峄檌

6. The pen is mightier than the sword: B煤t sa, g脿 ch岷縯

7. No man is a prophet in his own country: B峄�t ch霉a nh脿 kh么ng thi锚ng

8. A great ship asks deep water: Thuy峄乶 to, s贸ng l峄沶

9. Turn over a new leaf: C岷�i t脿 qui ch谩nh/ch铆nh

10. Beauty is only skin deep: C谩i n岷縯 膽谩nh ch岷縯 c谩i 膽岷筽

Source:

chao ban! ^^
sorry for the late reply, wow that's a lot to learn haha, thanks for all the info!!

These are really good...thanks a million!!!

Hi guys,

I am learning English too. I have 2 final Toeic tests in August and September, and 4 tests to practice.
But I dont have much time to learn , because I must teach everyday. This the way I learnt English (self-study).
If you dont understand any proverb (or any word), dont mind, pleas leave a comment, I will try to explain for you by English. My Vietnamese is very good , and my English is good enough to explain something .

I joined here to study English, learn how to write what I want, so when I have free time, I read any topic to learn from all foreigners.

Takayama Jin wrote:

Hi My name is Tung
Nice to meet y,
My phone number is 01664528331 call me any time

But call you for what? Learning English ha?

Takayama Jin wrote:

Hi My name is Tung
Nice to meet y,
My phone number is 01664528331 call me any time

Instead of giving out your phone number, please post some relevant information concerning this topic.

Thanks

笔谤颈蝉肠颈濒濒补听

- The highest heads are the most exposed: C脿ng cao danh v峄峮g c脿ng d脿y (nhi峄乽) gian nan

- Rats desert a sinking ship: Ch谩y nh脿 ra m岷穞 chu峄檛

- No flying from fate: Ch岷�y tr峄漣 kh么ng kh峄廼 n岷痭g

- Better die on your feet than live on your knees: Th脿 ch岷縯 vinh (vinh quang) c貌n h啤n s峄憂g nh峄�c (nh峄�c nh茫)

- So many men, so many minds: 9 ng瓢峄漣, 10 媒 (媒 ki岷縩)

- Better be alone than in ill company:聽 Ch峄峮 b岷�n m脿 ch啤i

- Carry coals to Newcastle: Ch峄� c峄�i v峄� r峄玭g

- Those who live by the sword die by the sword : Ch啤i dao c贸 ng脿y 膽峄﹖ tay

- Catch the bear before you sell his skin: Ch瓢a 膽峄� 么ng ngh猫 膽茫 膽e h脿ng t峄昻g.

- The leopard cannot change its spots: Giang s啤n d峄� 膽峄昳, b岷�n t铆nh kh贸 d峄漣

Tks ngattt, I've got many idioms today ; There're still much things need to study

This is fun...thanks again.

1. It depends on how much of rice you eat the sauce: Li峄噓 c啤m g岷痯 m岷痬
(Li峄噓: means "t霉y", "m岷痬" means food in a family meal)
( = cut your coat according to your cloth according to your means)

2. Try to seize the bowl of rice but forget the whole table of food: Tham b谩t b峄� m芒m
(Tham: tham lam = greedy, "m芒m" = tray: in a Vietnamese family meal has this. We put all dished on it)

3. One piece of food while hungry equals a big box of food while full: M峄檛 mi岷縩g khi 膽贸i b岷眓g m峄檛 g贸i khi no

4. The husband eats hamburger; the wife eats spring roll: 脭ng 膬n ch岷�, b脿 膬n nem (ngo岷�i t矛nh: adultery)

5. The man show a pig leg, the woman show a bottle of wine: 么ng 膽瓢a ch芒n gi貌, b脿 th貌 chai r瓢峄�u (c贸 膽i c贸 l岷�i: give and take)
- B谩nh 铆t [cho] 膽i, b谩nh quy [g峄璱] l岷�i
- H貌n b岷�c n茅m 膽i, h貌n ch矛 n茅m l岷�i
( = scratch my back and I shall scratch yours)


And, this is not Vietnamse quote, but I like :
膼峄慽 x峄� t峄憈 v峄沬 nh峄痭g ng瓢峄漣 ch瓢a t峄憈 (kh么ng t峄憈). H峄� l脿 nh峄痭g ng瓢峄漣 c岷�n 膽瓢峄�c y锚u th瓢啤ng h啤n c岷�.

#7 a prophet will not be heard ( listened to ) in his own land

mark stutley wrote:

#7 a prophet will not be heard ( listened to ) in his own land

No, man! With me, Viet men are OK. It's easy for me to understand them, he he.

But I never call for anyone to learn English ! I know some foreigners (teacher-friend), they are always willing to help me to improve my (bad) English speaking , but I dont want they must suffer my bad English speaking. Kakakaka .