Idiom

Idiom
iemand de ogen uitsteken
Meaning
iemand afgunstig maken door met iets te pronken
Dialect
Groesbeeks
ID
957

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 46

Mostly acceptable

iemand someone de the.PL ogen eyes uitsteken out_stick

to make someone jealous by flaunting something (Lit.: to stick someone's eyes out)

Possession

Alienability of possession
Inalienable
How is possession expressed?
External possession

Structure

Animacy of the open position
Animate
Direct object type
Definite plural
General structure
V DO IO
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No
Open position
IO

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences