annyit eszik, mint egy madár

Hungarian

Etymology

Literally, “he/she/it eats as much as a bird”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒɲːitɛsik ˌmintɛɟ ˈmɒdaːr]

Verb

annyit eszik, mint egy madár

  1. (simile) eat like a bird (to eat very little)

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see eszik.
  • The rest of the simile remains unchanged.

Further reading

  • madár in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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