摸門釘
simp摸门钉mo2 mun4 deng1mō mén dīng
English
- (slang) an expression when someone goes to visit their friends but no one is at home or to fail to visit a place because it is closed
- to be unable to reach somebody when one pays a visit to them; literally "to scrape the door nails"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 上門揾人,而咁啱對方唔響屋企,入唔到去亦都見唔到對方
Examples
原來小明出咗街,搞到我頭先去揾佢摸門釘𠻹。
In fact Ming had already gone out, so I couldn't find Ming at his place just now.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk