vizet hord a Dunába

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

víz (“water”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix) +‎ hord (“to carry”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ Duna (“Danube”) +‎ -ba (into), literally “to carry water into the Danube”

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈvizɛt ˈhord ɒ ˈdunaːbɒ]

Verb edit

vizet hord a Dunába

(idiomatic) to carry coals to Newcastle, bring owls to Athens (to do something that is unneeded, superfluous or pointless)

Conjugation edit

For the verb, see hord.
The rest of the phrase remains unchanged.