vizet hord a Dunába

Hungarian

Etymology

víz (“water”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix) +‎ hord (“to carry”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ Duna (“Danube”) +‎ -ba (into), literally “to carry water into the Danube”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvizɛt ˈhord ɒ ˈdunaːbɒ]

Verb

vizet hord a Dunába

  1. (idiomatic) to carry coals to Newcastle, bring owls to Athens (to do something that is unneeded, superfluous or pointless)

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