Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To beat severely, to thrash soundly: "om xương" is a Vietnamese idiom describing the act of hitting someone repeatedly and forcefully, causing significant pain or injury. It implies a thorough and harsh physical beating.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Tên cướp bị dân làng om xương. (The robber was soundly beaten by the villagers.)
  • Nó định bắt nạt em tôi nên tôi đã om xương nó một trận. (He tried to bully my younger sibling, so I gave him a sound beating.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in a figurative or exaggerated sense to describe a decisive defeat in non-physical contexts, such as in sports or competition.
  • Đội chủ nhà đã om xương đối thủ với tỉ số 5-0. (The home team thrashed their opponent with a score of 5-0.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đánh om xương: This is the full, more explicit form of the verb phrase, with "đánh" meaning "to hit" or "to beat".
  • Bọn lưu manh đó cần bị đánh om xương. (Those hooligans need to be given a sound beating.)

Synonyms

• Đánh đập tàn nhẫn: To beat cruelly.
• Hành hạ thân thể: To inflict physical torment.
• Trừng trị thích đáng: To punish fittingly/severely (often used for justified beatings).

Related Idioms

• Om sườn: A less common variant with the same meaning.
• Nện cho một trận: To give someone a (good) beating.
• Cho ăn đòn: To give someone a beating (literally, "to feed someone blows").

1. Đánh om xương
2. To give a sound beating