ruồi nhặng
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Definition
- Noun (plural noun, often used collectively):
- Flies and bluebottles; flies: A collective term referring to common flying insects, particularly houseflies and similar larger, buzzing flies like blowflies or bluebottles. It often implies a nuisance or an unclean environment where such insects are present in numbers.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Đồ ăn để ngoài không đậy sẽ thu hút ruồi nhặng. (Food left uncovered will attract flies.)
- Khu vực này rất mất vệ sinh, đầy ruồi nhặng. (This area is very unsanitary, full of flies and bluebottles.)
- Tiếng ruồi nhặng vo ve thật khó chịu. (The buzzing of flies is really annoying.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "ruồi nhặng" is frequently used in a figurative sense to describe a state of disorder, nuisance, or unwanted, bothersome elements.
- Dự án mới thu hút đủ thứ ruồi nhặng đến tìm kiếm lợi ích. (The new project attracted all sorts of pests looking for benefits.)
Variants and Related Words
Ruồi (n): fly (specifically the common housefly).
- Một con ruồi đậu trên tường. (A fly landed on the wall.)
Nhặng (n): bluebottle, blowfly (a larger, often metallic-colored fly).
- Con nhặng xanh bay vào nhà. (A bluebottle flew into the house.)
Synonyms
- Flies: The general term for flying insects of the order Diptera.
- Pests: When referring to them as troublesome insects.
Related Idioms
- Ruồi nhặng bu đen: Literally "flies and bluebottles swarm black." Figuratively means to be surrounded by a swarm of bothersome or untrustworthy people.
- Cứ có tiền là ruồi nhặng bu đen xung quanh. (Whenever you have money, pests swarm around you.)
- Fly and bluebottle; flies