maga alatt vágja a fát

Verb

 * 1)  to saw off the branch one is sitting on, to shoot oneself in the foot to act against one's own interests, to act self-destructively

Conjugation

 * For the verb, see the definite conjugation of.
 * The inflected noun remains unchanged.
 * The postpositional phrase takes the appropriate personal suffix according to the subject of the sentence:, , , , ,.