Hurdled over a stove

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I am listening to the BBC's URL, "https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nkm7gm". It is about the Iran's situation after the US attacks. At 05:33 the speaker says a phrase "hurdled over a stove". Is phrase within the quotation marks true? When I look up the meaning of the words, I see below:

hurdle: a race in which people or horses jump over hurdles [1]
stove: a piece of equipment that burns fuel or uses electricity in order to heat a place. [2]

Is sentence, "He jumped off the stove" similar with the "he hurdled over a stove"? Could you please paraphrase the idiom? Thanks in advance.

1: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/tr/sözlük/ingilizce/hurdle
2: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/tr/sözlük/ingilizce/stove
 
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I am listening to the a BBC's URL, programme ("https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nkm7gm"). It is about the Iran's situation in Iran after the US attacks. At 05:33, the speaker says a phrase "hurdled over a stove". Is the phrase within the quotation marks true correct? When I look up the meaning of the words, I see the definitions below:

hurdle: a race in which people or horses jump over hurdles [1]
stove: a piece of equipment that burns fuel or uses electricity in order to heat a place. [2]

Is the sentence no comma here "He jumped off the stove" similar with the to "He hurdled over a stove"? Could you please paraphrase the idiom? Thanks in advance.
Note my corrections above. You need to work on your use of articles. Also, memorise the following collocations:
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