ขายไม่ออก(kăai mâi òk)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] not sell; [to] be unsellable
To not sell or be difficult to sell; to be unpopular with buyers.
Examples
เสื้อsêuuaเสื้อsêuua1shirt; top2classifier: ตัว3jacket; coatตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1character; figure2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3body; self; person (colloq.)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)สวยsŭuaiสวยsŭuai1nicely done; fine2beautifully; nicely; neatly3beautiful; prettyนะnáนะná1[!] persuasive/confirming particle2[!] softener; friendly particleแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2from; since (starting point)3only; just (restriction)ทำไมtam maiทำไมtam mai1why (question word)2why (expressing disbelief/complaint)ถึงtĕungถึงtĕung1about; concerning; regarding2as much as; as many as; to the point of3to; until; up to4[to] arrive; reach5to; toward (recipient/goal)6even if; even thoughขายไม่ออกkăai mâi òkขายไม่ออกkăai mâi òk1[to] be left on the shelf; [to] remain unmarried2[to] not sell; [to] be unsellable
This shirt is pretty, but why doesn't it sell?
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เขาkăoเอาaoผลไม้pŏn-lá-máiที่têeใกล้glâiจะjàเสียsĭiaและláeขายไม่ออกkăai mâi òkไปbpaiบริจาคbò-rí-jàak
He donated the fruit that was about to spoil and was not selling.
หนังสือพิมพ์năng-sĕu pimสมัยนี้sà-măi néeขายไม่ออกkăai mâi òkเพราะpráwคนkonหันไปhăn bpaiอ่านàanข่าวkàaoออนไลน์on-laaiกันganหมดmòt
Newspapers these days are hard to sell because everyone has turned to reading news online.
ถึงแม้ว่าtĕung máe wâaสินค้าsĭn-káaจะมีjà meeคุณภาพดีkun-ná-pâap deeแต่dtàeถ้าtâaตั้งราคาdtâng raa-kaaสูงเกินไปsŏong gern bpaiก็gâwอาจจะàat jàขายไม่ออกkăai mâi òkได้dâi
Even if a product has good quality, it might not sell if the price is set too high.
2VerbB2
[to] be left on the shelf; [to] remain unmarried
An idiom referring to someone (usually a woman) who remains unmarried for a long time; to be left on the shelf.
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ขายไม่ออกkăai mâi òkขายไม่ออกkăai mâi òk[to] not sell; [to] be unsellable