op apegapen liggen

== Dutch == === Etymology === The origin of the word apegapen is unclear; it is an extension of gapen (“to yawn”), but the link to aap (“monkey”) is uncertain. === Pronunciation === === Verb === op apegapen liggen (idiomatic, intransitive) to struggle for breath (idiomatic, intransitive, by extension) to be in a bad state (exhausted or close to death) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “apegapen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute