leesik az álla

Hungarian

Etymology

leesik (“to fall down”) +‎ az (“the”) +‎ áll (“chin”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix), literally “one's chin falls down”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɛʃik ɒz ˈaːlːɒ]

Verb

leesik az álla

(idiomatic) to be very stunned, one's jaw drops (to the floor)
Fogadok, hogy leesik az álla, ha ezt meghallja! ― I bet his jaw will drop to the floor when he hears this!

Conjugation

For the verb, see leesik.
The noun áll (“chin”) takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: állam, állad, álla, állunk, állatok, álluk.

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