We komen om de haverklap een bedelaar tegen
[lit: We encounter a beggar every oat slap]
We meet beggars all the time
De verbinding valt om de haverklap weg
[lit: The connection falls off every oat slap]
The connection breaks off frequently
See also:
Aan de lopende band
Je valt met je neus in de boter!
[lit: You fall with your nose into the butter]
You came exactly at the right moment!
Hij kan nog geen deuk in een pakje boter slaan
[He can not even hit a dent in a piece of butter]
He is very weak, he has no strength
Ze willen graag boter bij de vis!
[They would like to have butter with the fish]
They wish you pay at the time of purchase
Butter is – like cheese- a very important dairy product in The Netherlands.
In the old days the Frisian farmers produced butter from milk first. Then they made cheese from the rest of the milk.
Especially in the Dutch province Zuid-Holland farmers near Leiden and Delft produced a lot of butter.
Like cheese, butter was brought to the market place by the farmers themselves. It was stored in small wooden barrels for transport.
Hij ging er als de wiedeweerga vandoor
[lit: He moved off like the ‘wiedeweerga’ (this word probably refers to lightning)]
He ran like hell
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Op 14 februari is het Valentijnsdag. In Nederland is dit niet zo’n grote feestdag. Maar sommige mensen sturen een anoniem kaartje naar hun vriend of vriendin.
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On February 14th it is Valentine’s day. In The Netherlands this is not such a huge holiday. But some people send an anonymous postcard to their (boy-)friend or (girl-)friend.
Here is the podcast made by Say it in Dutch a while ago. With this you can practise some phrases.
You can find the downloadlinks for the mp3 and pdf above.
See also: Ik hou van jou
Gaan + Prepositions, Part VIII (end):
Er vandoorgaan
Hij gaat er stiekem vandoor.
He runs away secretly
Zie ook / See also: wiedeweerga
Gaan + Prepositions, Part VII
Erop uitgaan
Overdag slaapt onze kat.
Hij gaat er ‘s nachts op uit.
During daytime our cat is asleep.
He goes on adventure at night.
Gaan + Prepositions, Part VI
Ingaan op ..
We hebben het hem gevraagd, maar..
Hij gaat er liever niet op in.
We asked him about it, but…
he doesn’t want to talk about it, he doesn’t want to go into that
Note that this verb is not the same as erin opgaan! 🙂
Gaan + Prepositions, Part V:
(Regelrecht) Afgaan op ..
Hij gaat gevaren niet uit de weg. Integendeel.
Hij gaat er regelrecht op af.
He does not avoid any dangers. On the contrary. He looks them straight in the eye.
(He approaches / goes towards them directly / in a straight line.)
Erop af!
Approach!
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Gaan + Prepositions, Part IV:
Omgaan met ..
to handle, cope with
Hij heeft veel zeldzame postzegels, maar…
hij gaat er achteloos mee om
He has a lot of rare stamps, but…
he treats them indifferently, he handles it carelessly
