Holičky
Holičky
Author(s): Petr NejedlýSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Summary/Abstract: The article explains the origin of the phrase nechat na holičkách ‘to leave somebody in the lurch’. Using material from a database of Humanistic Czech, the author shows that holičky was an unripe fruit, i.e. something having no utility. Other explanations are therefore rejected.
Journal: Naše řeč
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 109-111
- Page Count: 3
- Language: Czech
