trốn mặt
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To avoid seeing someone; to dodge someone: The act of deliberately staying away or hiding so as not to meet or be seen by a specific person, often because one does not want to face them.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Anh ta trốn mặt tôi suốt tuần nay. (He has been avoiding me all week.)
- Nợ nần nên nó trốn mặt chủ nợ. (He is in debt, so he is dodging his creditors.)
- Đừng trốn mặt tôi nữa, chúng ta cần nói chuyện. (Stop avoiding me; we need to talk.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often implies a sense of evasion due to guilt, shame, debt, or an unwillingness to confront an obligation or an uncomfortable situation.
Variants and Related Words
Trốn tránh (v): to evade, to shirk (responsibilities, duties).
- Cậu ấy không thể trốn tránh trách nhiệm mãi được. (He cannot shirk his responsibility forever.)
Lánh mặt (v): to absent oneself, to stay away (from someone).
- Sau scandal, ông ấy lánh mặt khỏi giới truyền thông. (After the scandal, he absented himself from the media.)
Synonyms
- Avoid: to keep away from.
- Dodge: to evade someone skillfully.
- Evade: to escape or avoid, especially by cleverness.
Related Idioms
Trốn việc: to shirk work.
- Nhân viên mới hay có thói quen trốn việc. (The new employee has a habit of shirking work.)
Trốn nợ: to dodge a debt.
- Kẻ trốn nợ cuối cùng cũng bị tìm thấy. (The debt dodger was finally found.)