粵

死sei2蛇se4爛laan6鱔sin5

simp死蛇烂鳝
sei2 se4 laan6 sin5sǐ shé làn shàn

English

  1. describes a very lazy person who is beyond hope; to describe someone who is reluctant to change their ways despite knowing that they are in the wrong; someone who is not putting in any effort to pull up their socks
  2. to be very lazy, idle, doing nothing laying on ground softly like a dead snake and broken eel

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容人懶散、怠惰,乜都唔想做唔想郁,軟癩癩攤響度

Examples

  • 唔進修都做下運動啦,日日死蛇爛鱔咁,我做老細都唔想請你。

    If you don't want to learn something, at least go out to do some exercises, don't lay there doing nothing like a dead snake, even I'm the boss I don't want to hire you.

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

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