vizet hord a Dunába
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Etymology
víz (“water”) + -et (accusative suffix) + hord (“to carry”) + a (“the”) + Duna (“Danube”) + -ba (“into”, case suffix), literally “to carry water into the Danube”
Pronunciation
Verb
- (idiomatic) to carry coals to Newcastle, bring owls to Athens (to do something that is unneeded, superfluous or pointless)
Conjugation
- For the verb, see hord.
- The rest of the phrase remains unchanged.
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