egy kalap alá vesz

Hungarian

Etymology

egy (“one”) +‎ kalap (“hat”) +‎ alá (“under”) +‎ vesz (“to put”), literally “to put under one hat”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛckɒlɒp ˈɒlaː ˈvɛs]

Verb

egy kalap alá vesz

1. (idiomatic) to lump together (with: -val/-vel) (to incorrectly judge someone or something by the same standard, to put into the same category, to treat alike, to put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group)

   Nem lehet a nyugdíjasokat egy kalap alá venni a dolgozókkal. ― You can't lump retirees together with workers.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see vesz.
• The postpositional phrase egy kalap alá remains unchanged.