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How to say it's a case of ___
in Thai
เข้าทำนอง___
kâo tam-naawng ___
it's a case of ___
Add ครับ (kráp) if you are a man or ค่ะ (kâ) if you are a woman. It makes the sentence polite, and Thais always use it.
ทำนอง "tune": "it fits the tune of…". The neat way to apply an idiom to a situation.
- Where
- conversation
- Register
- polite
- Fill the blank with
- หนีเสือปะจระเข้ · แมวไม่อยู่หนูร่าเริง
Words inside it
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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