quýt làm cam chịu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Literally, "the tangerine messed up but the orange had to shoulder the blame", with a play on cam chịu (“to resign oneself to the blame”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwit̚˧˦ laːm˨˩ kaːm˧˧ t͡ɕiw˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwɨt̚˦˧˥ laːm˦˩ kaːm˧˧ t͡ɕiw˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wɨt̚˦˥ laːm˨˩ kaːm˧˧ ciw˨˩˨]

Idiom

quýt làm cam chịu

1. having to bear the blame for something one did not do

See also

• bụng làm dạ chịu