dørmåtte

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See also: dørmatte

Danish

Etymology

dør (door) +‎ måtte (mat)

Noun

dørmåtte c (singular definite dørmåtten, plural indefinite dørmåtter)

  1. doormat (mat in doorway)
  2. (figurative) (overly submissive person)
    • 2013, Margaret Way, Marion Lennox, Kunstneren og kvægbaronen /Mistys drømme, Förlaget Harlequin AB, →ISBN:
      - Hun gør, som det er forventet af hende. Hendes mor lød foragtelig. - Du kendte ikke hendes far. Han var en dørmåtte. Sådan er Misty også. Men meget nyttig.
      - She does what is expected of her. Her mother sounded contemptuous. - You did not know her father. He was a doormat. Misty is like that, too. But very useful.

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