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老lou5鼠syu2拉laai1龜gwai1

simp老鼠拉龟
lou5 syu2 laai1 gwai1lǎo shǔ lā guī

English

  1. don't know where to start; don't know how to handle [colloquial]
  2. A sandwich pun. It means "no way to solve"; not knowing where to start ; literally : a mouse pulling a tortoise

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歇後語:無從入手;冇埞埋手。烏龜受驚時會縮埋個龜頭同手手腳腳入個殼度,老鼠想拉走佢就冇地方落手。

Examples

  • 今次真係老鼠拉龜!好狼狽呀!

    I'm at my wit's end! I'm in trouble!

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

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