tham thì thâm

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Literally “if you’re greedy, you’ll get bruises” or “gluttons get bruises”. In this case, the word thâm (“bruise”), which is phonetically similar to tham (“greedy”), stands for “one’s downfall”. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰi˨˩ tʰəm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰɪj˦˩ tʰəm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ tʰɪj˨˩ tʰəm˧˧] === Phrase === tham thì thâm (idiomatic) grasp all, lose all