Idiom

Idiom
Van de hand van God geslagen zijn
Meaning
Verbaasd zijn
Dialect
Leuvens
ID
4936

Properties

Gloss and translation

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Mostly acceptable

Van of de the hand hand van of God God geslagen hit.PTCP zijn be

to be surprised, flabbergasted, astonished (Lit.: to be hit by the hand of God)

Possession

Alienability of possession
Inalienable
How is possession expressed?
Prepositional phrase

Structure

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

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Present
Voice
Passive

Sentences

Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Mostly not acceptable
Acceptability varies by speaker
Acceptability varies by speaker