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by mcv 3061 days ago
The Dutch are particularly good at translating Dutch idioms into really crappy English.
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That hits like a pliers on a pig. Now you are playing to the Dutch people the zwartepiet. We share selflessly with you the best parts of our amazing language and you look the given horse in the mouth! This is why we not the effort taken to learn you Dutch, because who not honors the small is not worth the big!
Whoever feels like having more of this can watch Louis van Gaal’s press conferences. :)
Being Dutch I painstakingly avoid using proverbs when speaking English, to avoid saying anything ridiculous. Sometimes the literal translation is actually correct, but it makes me paranoid.
Unfortunately peanut butter I think you are right about that!