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How to say hard times, everything expensive
in Thai
ข้าวยากหมากแพง
kâao-yâak-màak-paaeng
hard times, everything expensive
kâao fallingyâak fallingmàak lowpaaeng mid
Rice is scarce, betel nut is dear. ยาก and หมาก rhyme: the classic rhyme-linked four-beat.
- Part of speech
- adj
In a sentence
- ข้าวยากหมากแพงแบบนี้ ต้องประหยัดkâao-yâak-màak-paaeng bàaep níi dtâawng bprà-yàtTimes are this hard, we have to save.
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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