Idiom

Idiom
Een zaag spannen/smeren
Meaning
Lang en vervelend praten; zeuren
Dialect
Leuvens
ID
4965

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 252

Mostly acceptable

Een a.INDF.F zaag saw spannen/smeren tighten/smear

to talk tediously for a long time, to whine, to nag (Lit.: to tighten/grease a saw)

Structure

Direct object type
Indefinite
General structure
V DO
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences