quýt làm cam chịu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally, "the tangerine messed up but the orange had to shoulder the blame", with a play on cam chịu (“to resign oneself to the blame”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwit̚˧˦ laːm˨˩ kaːm˧˧ t͡ɕiw˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwɨt̚˦˧˥ laːm˦˩ kaːm˧˧ t͡ɕiw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wɨt̚˦˥ laːm˨˩ kaːm˧˧ ciw˨˩˨]

Idiom

quýt làm cam chịu

  1. having to bear the blame for something one did not do

See also

  • bụng làm dạ chịu
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