Idiom
- Idiom
- Een ei ophebben
- Meaning
- iemand die verlegen of beteuterd is
- Dialect
- Brugs
- ID
- 2478
Properties
Gloss and translation
Mostly acceptable
Een
ei
ophebben
to be shy, crestfallen, to be afraid (Lit.: to have ?eaten an egg / to have an egg ?up one's ass)
- Direct object type
- Indefinite
- General structure
- V DO
- Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
- No
- Aspect
- Simple
- Tense
- Present
- Voice
- Active
Structure
Verbal properties
Sentences
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly not acceptable
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker