Lost in Literal

🇹🇭 Thai, taken literally

หนีเสือปะจระเข้

nee seua pa jara-kay · nĕe sĕua bpà jor-rá-kây

Literally

Fleeing the tiger, meeting the crocodile

What it really means

Out of the frying pan and into the fire

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Thai, taken literally

ไก่เห็นตีนงู งูเห็นนมไก่The chicken sees the snake's feet, the snake sees the chicken's breastsขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตนRiding an elephant to catch a grasshopperสีซอให้ควายฟังPlaying the violin for a water buffaloแมวไม่อยู่หนูร่าเริงWhen the cat is away, the mice will playกบในกะลาครอบA frog in a coconut shellรีดเลือดจากปูSqueezing blood from a crab