bal lábbal kel fel
Hungarian
Etymology
bal (“left”) + láb (“foot”) + -val (“with”, case suffix) + kel (“to get”) + fel (“up”), literally: to "get up with [the] left leg".
Pronunciation
Verb
- (idiomatic) to wake up on the wrong side of the bed, to get up on the wrong side of the bed, to get out of bed on the wrong side
- A főnököm ma bal lábbal kelt fel. Egész nap rosszkedvű volt.
- My boss got up on the wrong side of bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see felkel.
- The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.