falla allur ketill í eld
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Refers to someone's kettle falling into the fire.
Verb[edit]
- (idiomatic, impersonal, with dative and inversion) to make one thunderstruck, to stupefy
- Honum féll allur ketill í eld.
- He was thunderstruck.