kútba esik

Hungarian

Etymology

kút (“well”) +‎ -ba (“into”) +‎ esik (“to fall”), literally “to fall into [a] well”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkuːdbɒɛʃik]

Verb

kútba esik

  1. (idiomatic) to come to nothing, end in smoke, go up in smoke, go up in flames, fall to the ground, fall through (of hope, plans, projects: to be cancelled or ruined)
    Synonyms: meghiúsul, füstbe megy, kudarcba fullad, dugába dől, zátonyra fut

Conjugation
  • For the verb, see esik.
  • The inflected noun kútba remains unchanged.
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