zöld ágra vergődik

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, to flounder onto green branch. It may be a calque of German auf (k)einen/den grünen Zweig kommen.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

zöld ágra vergődik

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to deal with a difficulty, to get on, to get one's act together
    Synonym: boldogul
    • 1980, James Baldwin, translated by Katalin Dezsényi, “Ha a néger utca beszélni tudna”, in Ha a néger utca beszélni tudna (Modern Könyvtár; 404), Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 17; translation of If Beale Street Could Talk, New York, N. Y.: Corgi Books, 1975:
      Azt persze hallottam, hogy az emberek, mármint a színes bőrűek nem voltak akkoriban olyan szegények, mint mikor az én szüleim próbáltak zöld ágra vergődni.

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see vergődik.
  • The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.

References

  1. ^ zöld ágra vergődik (Szövegkovács.blog.hu, March 24, 2017)