alszik, mint a bunda
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “he/she/it is sleeping like the fur coat”.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- (simile) sleep like a log, sleep like a top, sleep like a baby (to sleep very soundly)
- Synonyms: alszik, mint a mormota; alszik, mint a tej
Conjugation edit
- For the verb, see alszik.
- The rest of the simile remains unchanged.
Further reading edit
- Arthur John Patterson: The Magyars, Published by Smith, Elder & co., 1869, gives a brief description of this saying [1]