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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
- devil's beating his wife (said when a sunshower occurs)
- 2014, Stef Bos, "Beter Mens", from Mooie Waanzinnige Wereld (CD), Niemandsland (publ.):
- 2015, Loes den Hollander, Naaktportret. Thriller, De Crime Compagnie, first edition from 2007:
- 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.”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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