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How to say undone by your own big mouth
in Thai
ปลาหมอตายเพราะปาก
bplaa-mǎaw dtaai práw bpàak
undone by your own big mouth
bplaa midmǎaw risingdtaai midpráw highbpàak low
The fish gives itself away by surfacing to breathe. For anyone who talks themselves into trouble.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- the climbing perch dies by its mouth
In a sentence
- เล่าเรื่องลับให้ทุกคนฟัง ปลาหมอตายเพราะปากlâo rûeang láp hâi túk kon fang bplaa-mǎaw dtaai práw bpàakHe told everyone the secret: his mouth got him into trouble.
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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