Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gambol / to frisk: To leap, skip, or jump playfully, especially describing the movement of four-legged animals.
   • To waste / to squander (colloquial): To use or expend something valuable, especially body fat or health, carelessly or extravagantly. Often used in the shortened phrase "quẩng mỡ" (to squander fat/health).

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Con dê con đang quẩng trên đồng cỏ. (The kid goat is gamboling in the meadow.)
  • Ăn uống nhiều rồi không vận động, chỉ có quẩng mỡ thôi. (Eating a lot and not exercising is just squandering your health.)

Advanced Usage

• "quẩng mỡ": A common colloquial phrase meaning to waste the energy or health gained from eating, implying a lack of productive activity or exercise.
  • Cậu ta suốt ngày ngồi một chỗ, ăn xong là quẩng mỡ. (He sits around all day; after eating, he just squanders the energy.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhảy quẩng (v): A fuller, slightly more formal variant meaning to jump or gambol.
  • Những chú cừu nhảy quẩng trên sườn đồi. (The lambs are gamboling on the hillside.)

Synonyms

• Gambol: To run or jump about playfully.
• Frisk: To move in a lively, playful way.
• Squander: To waste something, especially money or resources, in a reckless manner.

Related Idioms

• Ăn cho béo rồi quẩng: A critical idiom meaning to eat to get fat/healthy and then waste it (through inactivity or frivolity). It implies a lack of purpose or productivity.
  • Việc của nó chẳng làm, chỉ biết ăn cho béo rồi quẩng. (He doesn't do his work; he only knows how to eat and then squander it.)