What does “eat snake” mean?

Eat snake in the Singlish dictionary: what it means, where it comes from and how it’s said.

eat snake

phraseHokkien

To skive, slack off at work while looking busy (Hokkien jiak zua, word for word).

“Boss on leave, everybody eat snake.”

What does “eat snake” mean in Singlish?

To skive, slack off at work while looking busy (Hokkien jiak zua, word for word). It’s a phrase.

Where does “eat snake” come from?

From Hokkien. Other Singlish words from Hokkien include chio bu, chiong, cincai and die liao.

How do you use “eat snake” in a sentence?

“Boss on leave, everybody eat snake.”

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