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  2. Going Dutch - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary connects "go Dutch" / "Dutch treat" to other phrases which have "an opprobrious or derisive application, largely due to the rivalry and enmity between the English and Dutch in the 17th century", the period of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Another example is "Dutch courage". [1] A term bearing some similarities is Dutch oven.

  3. Netherlandish Proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Netherlandish Proverbs (Dutch: Nederlandse Spreekwoorden; also called Flemish Proverbs, The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World) is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts a scene in which humans and, to a lesser extent, animals and objects, offer literal illustrations of Dutch-language proverbs and idioms.

  4. List of Dutch phrases - Wikipedia

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    RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 2018-10-26; References This page was last edited on 23 September 2024, at 11:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  5. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:

  6. English-language idioms - Wikipedia

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    An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).

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  8. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    Dutch – met Sint-juttemis , or als Pinksteren en Pasen op één dag vallen ("when Pentecost and Easter are on the same day") Esperanto – je la tago de Sankta Neniamo ("on Saint Never's Day") — a loan-translation from German (see below). Finnish – sitten kun lehmät lentävät - when the cows fly.

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    Blue Cross Blue Shield payments to about 6 million people are set to go out more than two years after the health insurer reached a $2.67 billion settlement with subscribers.