粵

臭cau3罌aang1出ceot1臭cau3醋cou3

cau3 aang1 ceot1 cau3 cou3cau3 aang1 ceot1 cau3 cou2chòu yīng chū chòu cùinferred

English

  1. "it is natural that an inferior background will produce someone of low character", an insult to both one's origin and personality; literally, a smelly ditch (or jar) grows smelly grass

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用嚟鬧人,指一個人出身低微,自然人格都低劣

Examples

  • 你睇個阿媽咁冇文化,個女又冇家教,真係臭坑出臭草。

    Look, the mother is so uncivilised, and the daughter behaves poorly; (it's such a proof that) a smelly ditch grows smelly grass.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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