Thai Idioms and Meanings

"สู้ยิบตา" (su yip ta) means to fight to the very end. The word "ยิบตา" is a shortened form of an old saying from cockfighting, where a bird beaten so badly that its eyes had to be stitched shut kept fighting. Thai idioms are figures of speech that cannot be read word for word. This app gathers 451 commonly used Thai idioms, each with its meaning explained in Thai. Some also have an origin, an example sentence and a note, such as น้ำลด ตอผุด, จมูกมด, กินแกงร้อน, น้ำท่วมปาก and หนอนหนังสือ. Made for students preparing for Thai language exams and O-NET, teachers, and anyone who wants to use Thai idioms correctly in speech and writing. The idioms and their explanations are in Thai. Fully redesigned • Search from just part of an idiom you remember and open its meaning at once • Browse by first consonant, from ก to ฮ • Previous and next buttons on every idiom page, so you can keep reading • Save idioms to favourites and get a review reminder on day 1, 3, 7 and 14, plus an idiom of the day • Practice games: picture guess, match, guess the meaning, fill in the blank, word order • A quiz, a flashcard set and articles about Thai idioms from WordyGuru, inside the app • Share as an image, or copy the text • Adjustable text size and dark mode for night reading • Pages you have opened can be read again offline (the first view needs a connection) • Can't find one? Tap to report it and the team will consider adding it • Favourites from the previous version of the app are carried over automatically The content is the same as wordyguru.com and is reviewed and updated continually. Free to use, with ads. Developed by Wordy Guru