tiền mất tật mang

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Literally, "money wasted, illness gotten". === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiən˨˩ mət̚˧˦ tət̚˧˨ʔ maːŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˩ mək̚˦˧˥ tək̚˨˩ʔ maːŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˨˩ mək̚˦˥ tək̚˨˩˨ maːŋ˧˧] === Idiom === tiền mất tật mang wasting money in something potentially devious in hope of a return but only ends up in a worse off state