หนีเสือปะจระเข้

Thai

pron
Definitions
  • (idiom) to escape from one bad situation only to meet another bad situation.

Etymology

Compound from Thai หนี (flee, escape) + Thai เสือ (tiger)+ Thai ปะ (meet)+ Thai จระเข้ (crocodile, alligator, as crocodile, crocodylian, etc).

Origin

Thai

จระเข้

Gloss

crocodile, alligator, as crocodile, crocodylian, etc

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

鰐

Emoji
🐊

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