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How to say swap at the same moment, cash on delivery
in Thai
ยื่นหมูยื่นแมว
yûuen mǔu yûuen maaeo
swap at the same moment, cash on delivery
yûuen fallingmǔu risingyûuen fallingmaaeo mid
Neither side trusts the other to go first.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- hand over the pig, hand over the cat
In a sentence
- ซื้อของมือสองต้องยื่นหมูยื่นแมวsúue kǎawng muue-sǎawng dtâawng yûuen mǔu yûuen maaeoWith second-hand deals it's money and goods at the same time.
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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