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Dutch
Etymology
Literally, “to spare the cabbage and the goat”. Compare French ménager la chèvre et le chou; cf. also the rare expression to have wolf full and wether whole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də ˈkoːl ɛn də ˈɣɛi̯t ˈspaː.rə(n)/
Verb
de kool en de geit sparen
- (idiomatic) to compromise in order to keep all parties satisfied, to meet halfway
Conjugation
Conjugation of
de kool en de geit sparen: see
sparen.