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[Vietnamese > English] Handwritten idiom from my bà nội
Apologies for the shaky handwriting, we were on a bus and she is 83!
My grandmother wrote down this idiom her mother used to tell her - the basic gist I got was to watch where you’re going/look down before you sit but reading it again (my Vietnamese is poor but I am better at reading/writing than speaking - working on it), it seems much more involved (which makes sense as an old expression).
It was translated to “Eat with an eye on the pot, sit with an eye on the incense; conduct yourself with propriety, mindful of your surroundings and the people around you. Living under my roof, I wonder—will you ever learn any sense?” From “ăn coi nấu ngồi coi hương đi cho, biết đó biết đó biết đây. ở nhá vởi me biết ngày nào khôn.” (which is very on brand for my bà nội)
but would love some insight from a real person/someone who may have even heard a version of this expression before?
TIA ❤️