vreemde zegswijzen - strange expressions.

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vreemde zegswijzen - strange expressions.

Author: * Marty Scylding - 1 Post on this thread out of 20 Posts sitewide.
Date: Apr 29, 2004 - 03:38

Dottie's previous post reminded me of a "problem" Dutch people have when they try to literally translate Dutch expressions into (for example) English.

They just don't seem to make any sense anymore... :)

Here are a couple more;
(might not be that accurate)

Nu komt de aap uit de mouw. Now the monkey comes out of the sleeve! All is revealed now!

Hij heeft een klap van de molen gehad He got hit by a windmill. He isn't 'all there'

hmmmm... more will be added later!

speaking of sleeves
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Here is one that I remember

Rome - Rome, Season 1 - The Stolen Eagle