egy húron pendülnek

Hungarian

Etymology

egy (one) + húr (string) + -on (on, case suffix) + pendül (to sound) + -nek (they, personal suffix), literally they sound on one string

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛchuːron ˌpɛndylnɛk]

Verb

egy húron pendülnek

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) they are birds of a feather, they are tarred with the same brush (they are alike)
    Synonyms: egyformák; egyik kutya, másik eb
    • 1884, Mór Jókai, A lőcsei fehér asszony (The White Woman from Lőcse), chapter XL:
      Éppen most volt szerencsém megérteni, hogy a nagyurak ígérete meg a beteg ember fogadása egy húron pendülnek.
      I have just had the chance to understand that the promise of the rich and the wager of a sick man are birds of a feather.
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial, of friends or members of a group) they stick together, they are conspiratorial, thick as thieves
    Synonym: összeszűri a levet

Usage notes

Most of the time it is used in a negative sense: They have the same reprehensible and wrong opinions and point of views.

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see pendül.
  • The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.
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