kútba esik
Hungarian
Etymology
kút (“well”) + -ba (“into”) + esik (“to fall”), literally: to fall into [a] well
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ˈkuːdbɒɛʃik]
Verb
kútba esik
- (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.