Khmer Idioms

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Username Taken wrote:Can you write Dos Dai in a language people might be able to understand. I'm guessing 'go with', but that doesn't make any sense in your example.
hahaha ok Dos Dai means stop holding hand literally and figuratively means breaking up.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Great article on Khmer sayings in today's PPP with illustrations.They've got "kick the wind", but also "defecating like the elephant". Lol.
Worth a read and the illustrations are very good.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weeke ... erb-primer
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Anchor Moy wrote:Great article on Khmer sayings in today's PPP with illustrations.They've got "kick the wind", but also "defecating like the elephant". Lol.
Worth a read and the illustrations are very good.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weeke ... erb-primer
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nice! :thumb:
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I was talking to one of the PPP writer for a while. He was interested to write about khmer saying. I suggeted him a few, however i don't see them here maybe he didn't write it at all.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Good job, AM and Samouth! :-) there are a lots of idioms in our language .
កុំស្លាប់ដូចពស់ កុំរស់ដូចកង្កែប
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prahkeitouj wrote:Good job, AM and Samouth! :-) there are a lots of idioms in our language .
Hey little salary you should put some you know. :D
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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