屙屎唔出怨豬嫲
Chinese
| to defecate | hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) |
blame; complain | female pig; sow | ||
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| trad. (屙屎唔出怨豬嫲) | 屙屎 | 唔 | 出 | 怨 | 豬嫲 | |
| simp. (屙屎唔出怨猪嫲) | 屙屎 | 唔 | 出 | 怨 | 猪嫲 | |
| alternative forms | 屙屎毋出怨豬嫲／屙屎毋出怨猪嫲 屙屎毋出怨豬嬤／屙屎毋出怨猪嬷 屙屎不出怨豬母／屙屎不出怨猪母 | |||||
| Literally: “blame the female pig when one is unable to poop”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
Idiom
屙屎唔出怨豬嫲
- (Hakka) a man always finds excuses upon failure rather than reflecting on himself; a bad workman always blames his tools
Synonyms
- 自家脧仔歪，嫌人尿桶漏; 毋會睡目嫌床歪／毋会睡目嫌床歪
- (Cantonese) 屙屎唔出賴地硬／屙屎唔出赖地硬 (o1 si2 m4 ceot1 laai6 dei6 ngaang6)
- (Min Nan) 𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎／𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯 (bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oan)
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