fejébe száll a dicsőség

Hungarian

Etymology

fej (“head”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -be (“into”, case suffix) +‎ száll (“to fly”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ dicsőség (“glory”), literally “the glory flies into one's head”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛjeːbɛ ˈsaːlː ɒ ˈdit͡ʃøːʃeːɡ]

Verb

fejébe száll a dicsőség

1. (idiomatic) to become swell-headed by success, to go to one's head (to become overconfident and self-conceited by one's own success)

   Fejébe szállt a dicsőség! ― Success has gone to his head!

Conjugation

• For the verb, see száll.
• The noun dicsőség remains unchanged.
• The noun fej takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the case suffix: fejembe, fejedbe, fejébe, fejünkbe, fejetekbe, fejükbe.