egy gyékényen árul

Hungarian

Etymology

egy (“one”) +‎ gyékény (“mat made of cattail”) +‎ -en (“on”, case suffix) +‎ árul (“to sell”), literally “to sell on one mat”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛɟ ˈɟeːkeːɲɛn ˈaːrul]

Verb

egy gyékényen árul

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to be birds of a feather, tarred with the same brush, stick together, thick as thieves (to be alike)
    Synonyms: összeszűri a levet, összejátszik, összebeszél, egy húron pendülnek

Usage notes

Most of the time it is used in a negative sense: They have the same reprehensible and wrong opinions and point of views.

Conjugation

  • For the verb, see árul.
  • The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.
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