phơi áo
Definition
- Verb (phrase):
- To be defeated / to lose badly (in sports): A colloquial and somewhat vulgar term used primarily in sports contexts to describe a team or player suffering a clear and often embarrassing defeat. The imagery suggests being stripped or left exposed, like hanging out a shirt.
- To be beaten / to be thrashed: Emphasizes a one-sided loss where the defeated party is dominated.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đội nhà bị phơi áo với tỉ số 0-5. (The home team was thrashed with a score of 0-5.)
- Tay vô địch bị phơi áo ngay ở vòng một. (The champion was defeated right in the first round.)
- Trận đấu đó khiến họ bị phơi áo hoàn toàn. (That match caused them to be utterly beaten.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is almost exclusively used in competitive contexts, especially sports. It carries a strong connotation of humiliation and exposure of weakness.
- It is informal and can be considered crude or vulgar, so it is not used in formal reporting or polite conversation.
Variants and Related Words
Bị đánh bại (v): to be defeated (standard, neutral term).
- Họ bị đánh bại một cách đáng thất vọng. (They were defeated in a disappointing manner.)
Thua thảm hại (v phrase): to lose disastrously.
- Đội bóng thua thảm hại. (The football team lost disastrously.)
Synonyms
- To be thrashed: to be defeated overwhelmingly.
- To be trounced: to be beaten soundly.
- To be hammered: (slang) to be defeated by a large margin.
Related Idioms
- Phơi áo trắng sân khách: An extended idiom emphasizing a humiliating away defeat.
- Lần đầu làm khách, họ bị phơi áo trắng sân khách. (On their first away game, they were whitewashed on the opponent's field.)
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(thể thao, thông tục) Defeated