üstökön ragadja a szerencsét
Hungarian
Etymology
üstök (“forelock”) + -ön (“on”, case suffix) + ragad (“to grab”) + -ja (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + szerencse (“luck, chance, fortune”) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to grab fortune on [the] forelock”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈyʃtøkøn ˈrɒɡɒɟːɒ ɒ ˈsɛrɛnt͡ʃeːt]
Verb
- (idiomatic) to take time by the forelock (to grasp a favorable opportunity)
Conjugation
- For the verb, see the definite conjugation of ragad.
- The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.
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