tuốt tuồn tuộc
Definition
- Adjective:
- All, everything, the whole lot: An emphatic and colloquial term meaning absolutely everything, leaving nothing out. It stresses completeness and totality, often with a sense of finality or thoroughness.
- Entirely, completely: Used to describe a situation where something is taken, gone, or done in its full extent without exception.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bọn trẻ ăn tuốt tuồn tuộc bánh kẹo trên bàn. (The children ate all of the candy on the table.)
- Nó kể tuốt tuồn tuộc bí mật cho bạn nghe. (He told his friend the entire secret, every last bit.)
- Sau trận lụt, đồ đạc bị cuốn đi tuốt tuồn tuộc. (After the flood, the belongings were swept away completely.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used for dramatic or humorous effect in informal speech to exaggerate the totality of an action.
- Can imply a slight sense of surprise, recklessness, or thoroughness in the action of taking or revealing everything.
Variants and Related Words
- Tuốt tuộc (adj): A slightly shortened, synonymous form with the same meaning of "all, everything."
- Tôi đã đọc tuốt tuộc sách của ông ấy. (I have read all of his books.)
Synonyms
- Tất cả: all, everything (standard, less emphatic).
- Toàn bộ: the whole, the entirety.
- Hết sạch: all gone, completely finished.
Related Idioms
Ăn tuốt tuồn tuộc: to eat everything in sight.
- Con mèo đói ăn tuốt tuồn tuộc thức ăn trong bát. (The hungry cat ate every last bit of food in the bowl.)
Khai tuốt tuồn tuộc: to confess everything, to spill all the beans.
- Trước cảnh sát, nghi phạm đã khai tuốt tuồn tuộc. (Before the police, the suspect confessed to everything.)