Literally, to be overcome by a hole dug in the ground.
This expression is used about a plan which is thwarted,
interrupted, or put on hold due to the unexpected arrival of
someone, or an unanticipated happening.
Plano rin ang maglotok ta suman piro golping may
kiminabot ang bisitao, indio ra nadayon. Ang plano
kaman agdegen
ta
inali.
I had planned to cook sticky rice but suddenly I had visitors
who arrived so I wasn't able to proceed. My plan indeed
was
thwarted.