Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To lie stretched out: To recline with one's body fully extended, typically in a relaxed or lazy manner.
   • To lounge idly: To spend time lying down without doing any productive activity; to idle away time while lying down.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Anh ấy nằm dài trên ghế sofa xem TV. (He lay stretched out on the sofa watching TV.)
  • Sau bữa trưa, cô ấy thường nằm dài trên giường. (After lunch, she often lounges idly on the bed.)
  • Nằm dài phơi nắng ngoài bãi biển rất thư giãn. (To sunbathe fully stretched out on the beach is very relaxing.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often carries a connotation of laziness or complete relaxation. It can describe a physical posture of full extension as well as a state of inactivity.

Variants and Related Words

• Nằm ườn (verb phrase): To sprawl; to lie in a lazy, spread-out manner. Often used interchangeably with but can imply an even more careless posture.
  • Đứa trẻ nằm ườn ra sàn nhà. (The child sprawled out on the floor.)

Synonyms

• To sprawl: To lie or sit with one's limbs spread out in a relaxed or awkward way.
• To lounge: To lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way.
• To recline: To lean or lie back in a relaxed position.

Related Idioms

• Ăn no rồi nằm dài: Literally "to eat until full and then lie stretched out"; used to criticize someone for being lazy and unproductive after satisfying their basic needs.
  • Công việc chất đống mà anh ta chỉ ăn no rồi nằm dài. (Work is piling up, but he just eats his fill and then lounges idly.)

1. Lie stretched out stretch [oneself] out
   • Nằm dài phơi nắng ngoài bãi biển
     To sun-bathe fully stretched out on the beach
2. Idle away one's time lying on one's bed
   • Người chả được tích sự gì, ăn xong chỉ nằm dài
     What a good-for-nothing who idles away his time lying on his bed after each meal