murag naghatod og dili

Cebuano

Etymology

From the notion that when a person asks for a woman’s hand, if the parents refuse, they send the single word "dili" to the door and the visit ends then and there.

Phrase

murag naghatod og dili

  1. (idiomatic) to make one’s visit short
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