วนอยู่ในอ่าง(won yòo nai àang)

Meanings

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[to] go in circles; [to] be stuck

To be stuck in a situation without making any progress, often by repeating the same actions or discussions without reaching a solution.

Examples

เราraoเราrao1we; us2I; me (informal/regional)คุยkuiคุยkui1[to] discuss; talk over2[to] date [sb]; be seeing [sb] (informal)3[to] brag; boast4[to] chat; talkเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)กันganกันgan1each other; one another (post-verb marker)2[to] prevent; keep [sth] out; ward off; block3classifier: panel; partition; screen (rare)4together; together with5protective; preventive (modifier)6I; me (informal, male speech)7[to] set aside; reserve; earmarkมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสามsăamสามsăam1three (3)2third (ordinal)ชั่วโมงchûua-mohngชั่วโมงchûua-mohng1hour (60 minutes)2classifier: hours of timeแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerยังyangยังyang1not yet (with ไม่)2yet? (question use)3still; continuing4still/even (emphatic degree)วนอยู่ในอ่างwon yòo nai àangวนอยู่ในอ่างwon yòo nai àang[to] go in circles; [to] be stuckไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)ข้อสรุปkôr sà-rùpข้อสรุปkôr sà-rùp1conclusion; inference; finding2final decision; agreed conclusionสักทีsàk teeสักทีsàk tee1finally; at last2already; for once (urging/complaint)
We've been talking about this for three hours, but we're still stuck in the same place without reaching any conclusion.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têeย่ำอยู่กับที่yâm yòo gàp têe1[to] be stuck; make no progress2[to] march in place
  • [to] be stuck; make no progress
  • [to] march in place
วนไปวนมาwon bpai won maaวนไปวนมาwon bpai won maa1repeatedly; in circles; over and over (colloq.)2[to] go round and round; [to] keep circling/repeating
  • repeatedly; in circles; over and over (colloq.)
  • [to] go round and round; [to] keep circling/repeating
วิ่งเวียนวนwîng wiian wonวิ่งเวียนวนwîng wiian won1[to] go round and round; move about repeatedly2[to] go round in circles (figurative); be stuck in a loop
  • [to] go round and round; move about repeatedly
  • [to] go round in circles (figurative); be stuck in a loop
ติดหล่มdtìt lòmติดหล่มdtìt lòm1[to] be stuck in mud2[to] be bogged down (in [sth]); [to] be mired (in [sth])
  • [to] be stuck in mud
  • [to] be bogged down (in [sth]); [to] be mired (in [sth])
ติดลูปdtìt lôopติดลูปdtìt lôop1[to] be stuck in a loop2[to] play on repeat; loop
  • [to] be stuck in a loop
  • [to] play on repeat; loop

Word Breakdown

วนwonวนwon1[to] circle; go around; loop2[to] recur; come around again3loop; cycle4forest; woodland (literary)Part 1
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อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]Part 2
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อ่างàangอ่างàang1basin; tub; sink2bathtub3basin (water); small reservoirPart 3
วนอยู่ในอ่างwon yòo nai àangวนอยู่ในอ่างwon yòo nai àang[to] go in circles; [to] be stuck