粵

泥nai4菩pou4薩saat3過gwo3江gong1

simp泥菩萨过江
nai4 pou4 saat3 gwo3 gong1ní pú sà guò jiāng

English

  1. (idiom) someone is hardly able to save herself
  2. a "sandwich pun" meaning unable to protect one's own interests (let alone the interests of others); literally: clay buddha crosses the river
  3. himself in a plight

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歇後語嘅上半句，下半句係「自身難保」，就好似用泥造嘅菩薩像，會喺過江嗰陣，因為遇到水而冧晒，保唔住原先個樣

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

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