ăn phở
Vietnamese
Etymology
ăn (“to eat”) + phở (“pho”).
Sense 2 stems from the belief that rice (cơm) is a primary meal, while noodles (phở) are something else or “on the side”.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔan˧˧ fəː˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ fəː˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧ fəː˨˩˦]
Verb
ăn phở
- (literally) to eat pho (Vietnamese noodle soup)
- (figuratively, colloquial, usually of a man) to have an affair
- Antonym: ăn cơm