het is kermis in de hel

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Dutch

Etymology

Literally, it is a funfair in hell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ɪs ˈkɛr.mɪs ɪn də ˈɦɛl/

Interjection

het is kermis in de hel

  1. devil's beating his wife (said when a sunshower occurs)
    • 2014, Stef Bos, "Beter Mens", from Mooie Waanzinnige Wereld (CD), Niemandsland (publ.):
      Het regent en de zon schijnt / Het is kermis in de hel
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    • 2015, Loes den Hollander, Naaktportret. Thriller, De Crime Compagnie, first edition from 2007:
      'Kijk nou eens,' riep mijn moeder, 'het is kermis in de hel.'
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    • 2015, Jaap Toorenaar, Mijn moeder zei altijd. De mooiste uitspraken van onze ouders en grootouders, Thomas Rap (publ.):
      Als de zon scheen en het tegelijkertijd regende, zeiden mijn ouders altijd: “Het is kermis in de hel.”
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