拋paau1書syu1包baau1

simp抛书包

paau1 syu1 baau1pāo shū bāo

English

literally: throw the schoolbag, which means a person is pedantic or try to showoff with one's knowledge
to show off by citing quotes or sayings

粵語 — Cantonese

引用名言、古文精句、外文等，顯得好有學識

Examples

拋書包拋錯咗好瘀架，你唔肯定嗰句啱唔啱就唔好拋啦……
It's embarrassing to quote the wrong sayings. You shouldn't try to show off when you aren't sure about your quotes.
考試作文最好識得拋吓書包，評卷員自然會對你有好印象啦！
You will surely impress the grader if you can show off by citing many quotes in your writing test.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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