állatorvosi ló

Hungarian

Etymology

állatorvosi (“veterinary; here: to be used [as an illustration] in teaching veterinary medicine”) + ló (“horse”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːlːɒtorvoʃiloː]

Phrase

állatorvosi ló

1. (figurative) epitome, exemplification, exemplar, embodiment, poster child for the ills (…of something, e.g. an institution or a procedure, with practically all imaginable faults and deficiencies present in one single specimen; originally: all illnesses present in one hand-drawn horse for the purpose of illustration for veterinary students; usually used with the possessive of the category of the relevant items)

Declension

• See at ló. The adjective állatorvosi remains unchanged in the noun phrase.

See also

• For more possible equivalents in English, see Thesaurus:exemplar