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How to say to wash your dirty linen in public
in Thai
สาวไส้ให้กากิน
sǎao sâi hâi gaa gin
to wash your dirty linen in public
sǎao risingsâi fallinghâi fallinggaa midgin mid
Telling outsiders about family or company problems.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- pull out your guts for the crows
In a sentence
- เรื่องในบ้านอย่าเอาไปเล่า เดี๋ยวสาวไส้ให้กากินrûeang nai bâan yàa ao bpai lâo dǐao sǎao sâi hâi gaa ginDon't tell outsiders family matters, it's washing dirty linen in public.
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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