ruột để ngoài da
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zuət̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗe˧˩ ŋwaːj˨˩ zaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐuək̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗej˧˨ ŋwaːj˦˩ jaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɹuək̚˨˩˨ ʔɗej˨˩˦ ŋwaːj˨˩ jaː˧˧]
Etymology
Literally "leave one's bowels outside one's skin".
Adjective
- wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
- 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 5, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
- - Cái ruột hôi rượu để ngoài da như ông mà cũng đòi bí mật?
- "You wear your liquored-up heart on your sleeve and still demand secrecy?"
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