fejébe száll a dicsőség
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
- (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!