lepja dauðann úr skel
Icelandic
Etymology
From lepja (“to lap up”) and dauðann (“death”) and úr (“from”) and skel (“a shell”).
Verb
lepja dauðann úr skel (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lapti dauðann úr skel, supine lapið dauðann úr skel)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to live in destitution, to live on the verge of starvation (confer the French manger de la vache enragée)
See also
- berja gaddinn
- efnalaus
- vera á bláhjarni
- vera á flæðiskeri staddur
- vera á heljar þröm, vera á heljar þröminni
- snauður
- sultarlíf