Bezzeg
Posted by akos on Mar 18th, 2008
2008
Mar 18
‘Bezzeg’ is a very heavily used Hungarian word that cannot be translated into English. Bezzeg can be used in the sense of “the neighbour’s grass is always greener”:
Bezzeg in Germany you don’t have to pay for the Autobahn!
It is especially used when Hungarians think someone else has unjust advantages:
Bezzeg in Italy the pensioners get so much money they come on a holiday to Budapest!
Bezzeg can also be used if you compare somebody – yourself, your wife or kid – with somebody else:
Bezzeg your neighbour’s kid passed his intermediate English exam at 15.!
The bezzeg-land in the Hungarian collective consciousness is where everything runs smooth and everybody succeeds.