a kocka el van vetve

Hungarian

Etymology

a (“the”) + kocka (“die”) + el (“away”) + van (“is; here: has been”) + vetve (“cast”). Literally, “the die has been cast away”. El(…)vetve is the adverbial participle form of elvet (“to cast away”), with its prefix separated from the stem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɒ ˈkot͡skɒ ˈɛlvɒn ˈvɛtvɛ]

Phrase

a kocka el van vetve

  1. (idiomatic) the die is cast (the future is already determined; the recent actions are bound to have consequences)
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