Idiom

Idiom
Met de dood op het lijf zitten
Meaning
Schrik hebben
Dialect
Leuvens
ID
4972

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 259

Mostly acceptable

Met with de the.SG.F dood death op on het the.SG.N lijf body zitten sit

to be terrified, to be scared (Lit.: to sit with the death on one's body)

Structure

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

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences