đá đít
Definition
- Verb (slang):
- To kick out / to fire / to dismiss: To force someone to leave a place, group, or job, often abruptly and unceremoniously. It carries a rude, vulgar, and forceful connotation.
- To reject / to discard: To get rid of someone or something decisively.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Ông chủ đã đá đít nó vì nó lười biếng. (The boss kicked him out because he was lazy.)
- Câu lạc bộ đá đít họ ra khỏi đội sau vụ bê bối. (The club kicked them off the team after the scandal.)
- Tôi sẽ đá đít cái máy tính cũ này đi. (I'm going to kick this old computer to the curb.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is considered vulgar and informal. It is used for emphasis in casual speech to express strong dismissal or rejection. It is not suitable for formal or polite contexts.
Variants and Related Words
Đuổi (v): to chase away, to expel. This is the standard, neutral term for forcing someone to leave.
- Giáo viên đuổi học sinh ra khỏi lớp. (The teacher expelled the student from the class.)
Sa thải (v): to fire, to terminate employment. A formal term for dismissing from a job.
- Công ty sa thải 50 nhân viên. (The company fired 50 employees.)
Synonyms
- To fire: to dismiss from a job.
- To expel: to force to leave a place or organization.
- To sack (informal): to dismiss from employment.
- To boot out (slang): to eject forcefully.
Related Idioms
- Chỉ cửa đá đít: A vulgar idiom meaning to show someone the door, i.e., to dismiss them.
- Nó nói dối nên tôi chỉ cửa đá đít nó luôn. (He lied, so I showed him the door immediately.)
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(thông tục) Kick out