körmére ég
Hungarian
Etymology
köröm (“nail”) + -e (possessive suffix) + -re (“onto”, case suffix) + ég (“to burn”), literally: "to burn onto one's nail"
Pronunciation
Verb
- (idiomatic, of work, things to do) to be pressing, overdue (to leave something to the last minute until it becomes suddenly urgent, to wait until almost too late to do something)
- Körmömre ég a munka. ― My work is really pressing.