alulról szagolja az ibolyát

Hungarian

Etymology

alulról (“from beneath”) +‎ szagol (“to smell”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) +‎ az (“the”) +‎ ibolya (“violet”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix). Literally, “s/he smells the violet from beneath”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlurːoːl ˈsɒɡojːɒ ɒz ˈibojaːt]

Verb

alulról szagolja az ibolyát

  1. (idiomatic, humorous) to push up daisies (to be dead and buried)

Conjugation
  • For the verb, see szagol.
  • The rest of the phrase remains unchanged.

Further reading
  • ibolya in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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