Idiom

Idiom
De gebraden vogels zouden moeten in zijnen mond vliegen
Meaning
Lui en lekker zijn/iets krijgen zonder voor iets te werken
Dialect
Leuvens
ID
4946

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 233

Mostly acceptable

De the.PL gebraden roast.PTCP vogels bird.PL zouden would moeten must in in zijnen his.SG.M mond mouth vliegen fly

to be lazy, to get something without working for anything (Lit.: the roasted birds would have to fly in his mouth)

Structure

General structure
V Subj PP
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Modality
Epistemic
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences