a kocka el van vetve
Hungarian
Etymology
a (“the”) + kocka (“die”) + el (“away”) + van (“is; here: has been”) + vetve (“cast”), literally: "the die has been cast away". El(…)vetve is the adverbial participle form of elvet, ’cast away’, with its prefix separated from the stem.
Pronunciation
Phrase
- (idiomatic) the die is cast (the future is already determined; the recent actions are bound to have consequences)