a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál
Hungarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (a) suszter maradjon a kaptafánál
- cipész/suszter/varga, maradj a kaptafánál (literally “…stay with the last [imperative]”)
- varga, ne tovább a kaptafánál (literally “…no further [don’t go futher] than the last”)
Etymology edit
From a (“the”) + cipész (“cobbler, shoemaker”) + marad (“to stay”) + -jon (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + kaptafa (“last”) + -nál (“at”), literally “the cobbler should stay with the last”. The sentence-initial article may be omitted.
Pronunciation edit
Proverb edit
a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál
Further reading edit
- Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN