เอามะพร้าวห้าวไปขายสวน

Thai

pron
Definitions
  • (idiomatic) carry coals to Newcastle (do something unnecessary, redundant, or duplicative).
  • (idiom) to show knowledge to someone who is more knowledgeable than oneself.

Etymology

Compound from Thai เอา (take, accept, bring, etc, receive) + Thai มะพร้าว (coconut)+ Thai ห้าว + Thai ไป (to, go)+ Thai ขาย (sell)+ Thai สวน (idem, investigate, park, garden, ask, inquire, against, move go counter, or parallelly, question).

Origin

Thai

สวน

Gloss

idem, investigate, park, garden, ask, inquire, against, move go counter, or parallelly, question

Concept
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Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

園

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