kútba esik

Hungarian

Etymology

kút (“well”) +‎ -ba (“into”) +‎ esik (“to fall”), literally “to fall into [a] well”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuːdbɒɛʃik]

Verb

kútba esik

1. (idiomatic) to come to nothing, end in smoke, go up in smoke, go up in flames, fall to the ground, fall through (of hope, plans, projects: to be cancelled or ruined)

   Synonyms: meghiúsul, füstbe megy, kudarcba fullad, dugába dől, zátonyra fut

Conjugation

• For the verb, see esik.
• The inflected noun kútba remains unchanged.