egy gyékényen árul
Hungarian
Etymology
egy (“one”) + gyékény (“mat made of cattail”) + -en (“on”, case suffix) + árul (“to sell”), literally “to sell on one mat”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛɟ ˈɟeːkeːɲɛn ˈaːrul]
Verb
egy gyékényen árul
- (idiomatic, colloquial) to be birds of a feather, tarred with the same brush, stick together, thick as thieves (to be alike)
- Synonyms: összeszűri a levet, összejátszik, összebeszél, egy húron pendülnek
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 árul.
- The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.