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How to say to have more life experience
in Thai
อาบน้ำร้อนมาก่อน
àap náam ráawn maa gàawn
to have more life experience
àap lownáam highráawn highmaa midgàawn low
An elder's trump card: they were bathing in hot water when you were a baby. Respectful from the young, a little smug from the old.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- bathed in hot water before you
In a sentence
- ฟังพี่เถอะ พี่อาบน้ำร้อนมาก่อนfang pîi tòe pîi àap náam ráawn maa gàawnListen to me, I've been around longer than you.
From the same situation: Idioms 2 and four-syllable expressions
- คำซ้อนpaired word, word doublet
- คำสัมผัสrhyming words, rhyme
- คำพังเพยsaying, adage
- โวหารrhetoric, way with words
- อุปมาsimile, analogy
- เปรียบเปรยto make a pointed comparison
- คมคายsharp, witty (of words)
- สละสลวยelegant, polished (of language)
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