nhặt lá đá ống bơ

التعريفات والمعاني

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Literally, "to pick up leaves and kick tin cans (dropped on the road)" === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲat̚˧˨ʔ laː˧˦ ʔɗaː˧˦ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˦ ʔɓəː˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲak̚˨˩ʔ laː˨˩˦ ʔɗaː˨˩˦ ʔəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ ʔɓəː˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲak̚˨˩˨ laː˦˥ ʔɗaː˦˥ ʔəwŋ͡m˦˥ ʔɓəː˧˧] === Phrase === nhặt lá đá ống bơ (figurative, of a person's personality) overly curious in taking a crack at miscellaneous items, usually with no or little purpose