a számból vetted ki a szót

Hungarian

Etymology

Literally, “you took the word out of my mouth”. Perhaps related to the analogous phrase das Wort aus dem Mund nehmen in German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɒ ˈsaːmboːl ˌvɛtːɛtki ɒ ˈsoːt]

Phrase

a számból vetted ki a szót

  1. (idiomatic) You took the words out of my mouth (said in agreement), i.e., that’s what I was just about to say.
    • 1885, Mór Jókai, A cigánybáró‎:
      Rejtsük el nálam. - A számból vetted ki a szót. De hova? és miképpen? Ez a kérdés.
      Let’s hide it at my place. - You took the words right out of my mouth. But the question is: where? And how?
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