Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To lie at full length, to lie fully stretched out: To recline or rest with one's body completely extended, often in a relaxed, careless, or exhausted manner. This phrase typically implies a lack of restraint or formality in the posture.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Sau chuyến đi dài, anh ấy về nhà và nằm xoài trên ghế sofa. (After the long trip, he came home and lay fully stretched out on the sofa.)
  • Đứa trẻ nằm xoài ra sàn nhà để chơi với đồ chơi. (The child lay at full length on the floor to play with toys.)
  • Mệt quá, tôi chỉ muốn nằm xoài một lúc. (I'm so tired, I just want to lie stretched out for a while.)

Advanced Usage

• "nằm xoài ra": An emphatic form, adding the particle "ra" to emphasize the action of stretching out or sprawling.

  • Anh ta ngã và nằm xoài ra giữa đường. (He fell and lay sprawled out in the middle of the road.)

• The phrase often carries a connotation of being utterly relaxed, exhausted, or taking up space without concern for appearance.

  • Căn phòng nóng bức khiến mọi người chỉ muốn nằm xoài. (The sweltering room made everyone just want to lie sprawled out.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nằm dài (verb phrase): To lie at length. This is a close synonym but may sound slightly less informal or vivid than "nằm xoài."
• Nằm ườn (verb phrase): To lie lazily, to lounge. Similar in meaning, emphasizing laziness.
• Xoài ra (verb): To sprawl, to spread out. The verb "xoài" itself can mean to spread out, often used for objects or limbs.

Synonyms

• To sprawl: To sit, lie, or fall with one's limbs spread out in a relaxed or awkward way.
• To lie stretched out: To recline with the body fully extended.
• To lounge: To lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way.

Related Phrases

• Ngã xoài (verb phrase): To fall flat, to sprawl (from a fall).
  • Cậu bé trượt chân và ngã xoài trên bãi cỏ. (The boy slipped and fell flat on the grass.)

Related Idioms

• While "nằm xoài" itself is a common phrase, it is not typically part of a larger, fixed idiom. Its meaning is conveyed directly through the combination of "nằm" (to lie) and "xoài" (to spread out).

1. Lie at full length, lie fully stretched out