leesik az álla

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛɛʃik ɒzˈaːlːɒ]

Verb

leesik az álla

  1. (idiomatic) to be very stunned, one's jaw will drop 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 takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: állam, állad, álla, állunk, állatok, álluk.
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