ถลำตัว(tà-lam dtuua)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] get too involved; [to] get in too deep
To become too deeply involved in a situation, especially a negative one, making it difficult to withdraw.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillถลำตัวtà-lam dtuuaถลำตัวtà-lam dtuua1[to] get too involved; [to] get in too deep2[to] lunge forward; [to] move ahead unintentionallyไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ยุ่งyûngยุ่งyûng1busy; occupied2messy; tangled3complicated; troublesome4[to] meddle; interfere5swarming with flies/mosquitoes (dial.)กับgàpกับgàp1with; together with2and (informal)3against; versus4to; toward (recipient/target)5side dish; accompaniment6classifier: sets/pairs (spoon and fork)ยาเสพติดyaa sàyp dtìtยาเสพติดyaa sàyp dtìtillegal/controlled drugs; narcoticsจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofชีวิตchee-wítชีวิตchee-wít1life (one’s life; way of living)2lifetime; lifespan3life (state of being alive)พังpangพังpang1[to] break down; collapse; fall apart2ruined; a mess (plans/situations)3broken; not working4broke; flat broke (slang)
He got too deeply involved with drugs until his life was ruined.
2VerbB2
[to] lunge forward; [to] move ahead unintentionally
To move the body forward suddenly or farther than intended, often losing control or overcommitting one's body (e.g., in sports).
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)รับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] take; catch (transport)7[to] host; welcome8[to] withstand; bearลูกเทนนิสlôok ten-nítลูกเทนนิสlôok ten-nít1classifier use: ลูก (for balls)2tennis ballแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ถลำตัวtà-lam dtuuaถลำตัวtà-lam dtuua1[to] get too involved; [to] get in too deep2[to] lunge forward; [to] move ahead unintentionallyไปข้างหน้าbpai kâang nâaไปข้างหน้าbpai kâang nâa1[to] go forward; [to] progress2ahead; forwardจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofเกือบgèuapเกือบgèuap1almost; nearly2almost all; nearly allล้มlómล้มlóm1to fall; topple2to knock/fell down3to cancel/overturn4to collapse; fail5[to] overthrow; topple
He tried to receive the tennis ball but lunged forward so far that he almost fell.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ถลาtà-lăaถลาtà-lăa1[to] swoop; glide down; rush downhill2[to] rush; lunge; bolt forward3[to] skid; slide (out of control)
- [to] swoop; glide down; rush downhill
- [to] rush; lunge; bolt forward
- [to] skid; slide (out of control)
หลวมตัวlŭuam dtuuaหลวมตัวlŭuam dtuua[to] get roped into [sth]; get oneself involved (and later regret it)
[to] get roped into [sth]; get oneself involved (and later regret it)
ถลำลึกtà-lăm léukถลำลึกtà-lăm léuk1[to] get in too deep; become deeply involved2in too deep; deeply involved
- [to] get in too deep; become deeply involved
- in too deep; deeply involved
ถอนตัวไม่ขึ้นtháwn-tua-mái-khêunถอนตัวไม่ขึ้นtháwn-tua-mái-khêun[to] be deeply involved; [to] be unable to withdraw
[to] be deeply involved; [to] be unable to withdraw
เซถลาsay tà-lăaเซถลาsay tà-lăa[to] stagger; [to] lurch
[to] stagger; [to] lurch
Word Breakdown
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ถลำตัวtà-lam dtuuaถลำตัวtà-lam dtuua[to] get too involved; [to] get in too deep