头上戴袜子，能出脚来了頭上戴襪子，能出腳來了頭上戴襪子，能出腳來了

wearing a sock on the head: a foot sticks out

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Mocks someone who shows off so much that it backfires and makes things worse.
Wordplay: 能 (néng) 'be able' also means 'show off one's ability', so a person 'able' to make feet stick out of the head is overreaching.

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Simplified: 头上戴袜子，能出脚来了
Traditional (Taiwan): 頭上戴襪子，能出腳來了
Pinyin: tóushàng dài wàzi, néng chū jiǎo láile
Bopomofo: ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄨㄚˋ ˙ㄗ，ㄋㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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