vizet hord a Dunába

vizet hord a Dunába

Hungarian

Etymology

víz (“water”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix) +‎ hord (“to carry”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ Duna (“Danube”) +‎ -ba (into), literally: "to carry water into the Danube"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ˈvizɛt ˈhord ɒ ˈdunaːbɒ]

Verb

vizet hord a Dunába

1. (idiomatic) to carry coals to Newcastle, bring owls to Athens (to do something that is unneeded, superfluous or pointless)

Conjugation

• For the verb, see hord.
• The inflected noun vizet remains unchanged.
• The inflected proper noun Dunába remains unchanged.