lepja dauðann úr skel
Icelandic
Etymology
From lepja (“to lap up”) and dauðann (“death”) and úr (“from”) and skel (“a shell”).
Verb
lepja dauðann úr skel weak verb (third person singular past indicative lapti dauðann úr skel, supine lapið dauðann úr skel)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to live in destitution, to live on the verge of starvation (confer the French manger de la vache enragée)
See also
- berja gaddinn
- efnalaus
- vera á bláhjarni
- vera á flæðiskeri staddur
- vera á heljar þröm, vera á heljar þröminni
- snauður
- sultarlíf