nhồm nhoàm
Definition
- Adjective:
- Eating messily, eating greedily: Describes the action of eating in a sloppy, hasty, and often noisy manner, with food potentially spilling from the mouth. It implies a lack of table manners and decorum.
- Sloppy, untidy (in a broader sense): Can describe something done in a careless, hasty, and messy way, not limited to eating.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ ăn nhồm nhoàm, thức ăn dính đầy mặt. (The child ate messily, with food all over its face.)
- Anh ta làm việc một cách nhồm nhoàm, đầy sai sót. (He did the work in a sloppy manner, full of errors.)
- Đừng ăn nhồm nhoàm như vậy, hãy từ tốn thôi. (Don't eat so greedily/messily, be more leisurely.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in a mildly disapproving or critical tone to comment on someone's poor eating habits or careless work style.
- It is a reduplicative word (từ láy), where the repetition of sounds emphasizes the quality of the action, making it vivid and descriptive.
Variants and Related Words
- Nhồm nhàm: This is the base form and a direct synonym with the same meaning (eating messily/greedily, doing something sloppily). "Nhồm nhoàm" is a common variant.
- Tham ăn: Greedy (for food). Focuses more on the greed than the messiness.
- Cẩu thả: Sloppy, careless (general term for work or behavior, not specific to eating).
Synonyms
- Ăn tham: To eat greedily.
- Ăn uống vội vàng/lộn xộn: To eat and drink in a hurried/disorderly way.
- Làm ẩu: To do something hastily and carelessly.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- Ăn như hổ đói: To eat like a starving tiger (idiom for eating very greedily and quickly). This is stronger and more vivid than "nhồm nhoàm".
- Ăn không kịp nhai: To eat without having time to chew (emphasizing speed and greed).
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