Khmer Idioms

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Khmer Idioms

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What is the meaning of khmer idiom (Crossing the river)?
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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ha ha you must have been living here for long time. :)
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Yes. But I cheated. I asked one of the guys I work with. :facepalm:
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Ha! I know that one too. I actually use it myself when someone calls me fat.

I reply, "Atay! Knum shlong tonlay sap pee kai tit."

(Samouth, can you translate ^that into English?)
"Life is too important to take seriously."

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

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Ha ha, Here is the translation ( No, i will cross the Tonle Sap next two months) :)
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Username Taken wrote:Yes. But I cheated. I asked one of the guys I work with. :facepalm:
You impressed me at the moment. There will be more idioms to come, if you guys want to learn more. :
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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Samouth wrote:Ha ha, Here is the translation ( No, i will cross the Tonle Sap next two months) :)
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Username Taken wrote:Yes. But I cheated. I asked one of the guys I work with. :facepalm:
You impressed me at the moment. There will be more idioms to come, if you guys want to learn more. :
Definitely! Thank you for taking the time to help us with the language.
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ha ha. You are welcome. knowing khmer idiom is really helpful. When you guys know this kind of idioms, some of Cambodian will not dear to talk bad or gossip in front of you all, as they are afraid that you might know what they are talking.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។

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