kerülgeti, mint macska a forró kását
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Literally: “to circle around it like a cat around hot porridge.”
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kerülgeti, mint macska a forró kását
- (simile) to be afraid to go close to something (physically)
- (simile, figuratively) to beat around the bush (to have no courage to do or say something honestly and firmly)
- Synonyms: hímez-hámoz, kertel, köntörfalaz, mellébeszél
Conjugation edit
- For the verb, see the definite conjugation of kerülget.
- The rest of the simile remains unchanged.
Further reading edit
- Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN