姣婆守唔到寡
haau4 po4 sau2 m4 dou2 gwaa2jiāo pó shǒu n2 dào guǎ
English
- it means it is hard to change people's personality; literally: a sexually promiscuous woman can't remain a widow
- to mock someone who can't help breaking the promise of not doing something at the end; literally: a slut cannot live her widowhood without shagging
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用嚟嘲笑某人即使應承唔做某件事,最終都係破戒
Examples
佢講過好多次話要減肥同唔再食肥膩嘢,結果個個禮拜都食炸雞髀,真係姣婆守唔到寡!
She has vowed for many times that she would slim down and thus never eat anything fatty, but she still has a fried chicken thigh every week. She can't keep her commitment.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk