op zijn tandvlees lopen

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • (feminine) op haar tandvlees lopen, (plural) op hun tandvlees lopen

Etymology

Literally, “walk on his gums”.

Verb

op zijn tandvlees lopen

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be utterly spent, to be exhausted

Inflection
Conjugation of op zijn tandvlees lopen: see lopen.
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