bal lábbal kel fel

Hungarian

Etymology

bal (“left”) +‎ láb (“foot”) +‎ -val (“with”, case suffix) +‎ kel (“to get”) +‎ fel (“up”), literally “to get up with [the] left leg”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒlːaːbːɒlkɛlfɛl]

Verb

bal lábbal kel fel

1. (idiomatic) to wake up on the wrong side of the bed, to get up on the wrong side of the bed, to get out of bed on the wrong side

   A főnököm ma bal lábbal kelt fel. Egész nap rosszkedvű volt.

   My boss got up on the wrong side of bed this morning. He's been grumpy all day.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see felkel.
• The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.