falla allur ketill í eld

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “for the whole kettle to fall into the fire”.

Verb

falla allur ketill í eld

  1. (idiomatic, with inversion) to make thunderstruck, to stupefy [with dative ‘someone’]
    Honum féll allur ketill í eld.
    He was thunderstruck.
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