vizet hord a Dunába

Hungarian

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvizɛt ˈhord ɒ ˈdunaːbɒ]

Verb

vizet hord a Dunába

1. (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.