冇分寸
mou5 fan1 cyun3mǎo fen1cun5
English
- to have no sense of propriety; to have no sense of knowing what is appropriate or what is the acceptable limits
- boundaries; to overstep the mark [colloquial]
- to tail to show proper restraint; to overstep the mark
粵語 — Cantonese
- 做事唔醒目,唔識幾時過火就要停
Examples
班學生好冇分寸,上堂竟然搣橙嚟食。
The students are going too far in class. They even started eating oranges.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk