Idiom

Idiom
Aan het vijlen/zagen zijn
Meaning
luid snurken of zeuren
Dialect
Wambeeks
ID
1383

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 301

Mostly acceptable

Aan on het it vijlen/zagen file.INF/saw.INF zijn be

to snore loudly or to nag (Lit.: to be filing/sawing)

Structure

General structure
V PP
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No
Is the verb either "zijn" or "hebben"?
Zijn

Verbal properties

Aspect
Progressive
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences

Mostly acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly acceptable