nyitott kapukat dönget

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Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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nyitott (open) +‎ kapu (door, gate) +‎ -k (plural suffix) +‎ -at (accusative suffix) +‎ dönget (to bang), literally to bang on open doors

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɲitotː ˈkɒpukɒt ˈdøŋɡɛt]

Verb

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nyitott kapukat dönget

  1. (idiomatic) to preach to the choir, preach to the converted (to force an open door, to ask something that was already agreed to or self-explanatory)

Conjugation

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  • For the verb, see dönget.
  • The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.