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Hungarian
Etymology
az (“the”) + asztal (“table”) + alá (“under”) + iszik (“to drink”), literally “to drink under the table”
Pronunciation
Verb
az asztal alá iszik valakit
- (transitive, idiomatic) to drink someone under the table (to drink more alcohol than someone while remaining relatively sober), the person has to be in accusative case, -t/-ot/-at/-et/-öt
- Akárkit képes az asztal alá inni. ― He is able to drink anyone under the table.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see iszik.
- The postpositional phrase az asztal alá remains unchanged.