餓狗搶屎

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Chinese

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to be hungry; hungry dog
fight over; to rush; to scramble
fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch; against wind
 
stool; faeces
trad. (餓狗搶屎)
simp. (饿狗抢屎) 饿
Literally: “a hungry dog snatches up shit/hungry dogs fighting for shit”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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餓狗搶屎

  1. (Cantonese, derogatory) the manner of a person gobbling
  2. (Cantonese, derogatory) the manner of people scrambling madly for something, even that not worth taking