Definition

1. Phrase:
   • There is no lack of / There are plenty of: Used to emphasize that something exists in great abundance or is very common. It often carries a tone of dismissal or to point out obvious availability.
   • What is there a lack of?: A literal, interrogative meaning questioning what is missing, though this usage is less common in everyday speech.

Usage Examples

• Phrase:
  • Ở thành phố này, nhà hàng ngon thiếu gì. (In this city, there's no lack of good restaurants.)
  • "Tôi không có bạn." – "Thiếu gì người muốn làm bạn với cậu!" ("I have no friends." – "There are plenty of people who want to be your friend!")
  • Trong tủ lạnh còn thức ăn thiếu gì. (There's plenty of food left in the fridge.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in rhetorical statements to contradict someone's claim of scarcity or lack. It functions to assert that the opposite of "lack" is true.
  • Anh ấy nói thiếu cơ hội, nhưng cơ hội làm giàu thiếu gì. (He says he lacks opportunities, but there's no shortage of opportunities to get rich.)

Variants and Related Words

• Không thiếu: (phrase) not lacking, plentiful. A more direct synonym.

  • Thời gian để sửa chữa không thiếu. (There is no lack of time to fix it.)

• Thiếu: (verb) to lack, to be missing, to be short of.

  • Tôi thiếu một chút tiền. (I am short of a little money.)

Synonyms

• In abundance: existing in large quantities.
• Plenty of: a large amount of; more than enough.
• No shortage of: used to emphasize that something is very common or available.

Related Idioms

• Thiếu gì... ấy mà: A common colloquial pattern meaning "There's no shortage of... you know."
  • Cách giải quyết vấn đề này thiếu gì, ấy mà cậu không chịu nghĩ. (There are plenty of ways to solve this problem, you just won't think about them.)