粵

食sik6詐zaa3糊wu2

simp食诈糊
sik6 zaa3 wu2shí zhà hú

English

  1. to announce good news by mistake, often used while playing majong when a person mistakenly thinks that he
  2. she has won the game
  3. Originally a mahjong jargoon, means to mistakenly call out a winning hand in mahjong; extendedly means to mistakenly announce good news. Literally: to eat the wrong porridge

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 原本係麻雀術語,指開牌叫食糊後發現手上嘅牌其實食唔出。引伸指錯誤地宣佈喜訊,之後發現原來一場空歡喜。

Examples

  • 個驗孕結果錯架,今次食詐糊喇。

    The pregnancy test result was incorrect; we mistakenly announced good news.

  • 仲以為自己攞到獎學金去外國升學,點知原來食詐糊。

    I wrongly thought I got the scholarship for foreign study, now I realize I have mistakenly announced good news.

  • 呢球入得咁靚原來係食詐糊,旁證一早已經舉左越位旗。

    That was a pretty shot but they have mistakenly announced good news, the side judge's flag for offside was already raised before the shooting.

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

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