hết thuốc chữa

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [het̚˧˦ tʰuək̚˧˦ t͡ɕɨə˦ˀ˥] (Huế) IPA(key): [het̚˦˧˥ tʰuək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕɨə˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [həːt̚˦˥ tʰuək̚˦˥ cɨə˨˩˦] === Phrase === hết thuốc chữa (literal) there's no cure (figurative) the person in question is hopeless; there's no hope for this person's laziness/bad habit/stupidity