de betekenis in Engels
| Nederlands | Engels |
|---|---|
| de onze pronoun | ours(that which belongs to us) |
| de oorlog verklaren werkwoord | declare war(initiate a state of war) |
| de overwinning voor de poorten van de hel wegslepen werkwoord | snatch victory from the jaws of defeat(suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good judgment) |
| de pijp uit gaan werkwoord | croak [croaked, croaking, croaks](slang: to die) kick the bucket(to die) |
| de plicht roept phrase | duty calls(expresses that the speaker has something they must do) |
| de pot verwijt de ketel dat hij zwart ziet substantief | pot calling the kettle black(situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser) |
| de praktijk zal het leren phrase | the proof of the pudding is in the eating(the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for) |
| de puntjes op de i zetten werkwoord | dot the i's and cross the t's(Take care of every detail) |
| de put substantief {m} | hole [holes](place where a prisoner is kept) |
| de rangen sluiten werkwoord | close ranks(to regroup forces) |
| de rapen zijn gaar phrase | goose is cooked(all hope is gone) |
| de realiteit substantief {f} | reality [realities](entirety of all that is real) |
| de realiteit onder ogen zien werkwoord | wake up and smell the coffee(to face reality and stop deluding oneself) |
| de rekening phrase | the bill, pleasephrase |
| de rest is geschiedenis phrase | the rest is history(used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story) |
| de ronde doen werkwoord | go about(to circulate (in)) |
| de ronde tafel eigennam {f} | Round Table(King Arthur's table) |
| de Rubicon oversteken werkwoord | cross the Rubicon(to make an irreversible decision) |
| De Schone Slaapster eigennam | Sleeping Beauty(fairy tale) |
| de schouders ophalen werkwoord | shrug [shrugged, shrugging, shrugs](to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.) |
| De Sont eigennam | Sound(strait that separates Zealand from Scania) |
| de spijker op de kop slaan werkwoord | hit the nail on the head(identify something exactly) |
| de staart tussen de benen bijwoord | tail between one's legs(defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner) |
| De Stem van Zuid-Afrika eigennam | The Call of South Africa(a former national anthem of South Africa) |
| de sterren betreffend bijvoeglijk naamwoord | stellar(of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) |
| de stervenden bijvoeglijk naamwoord {Pl} | dying(approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) |
| de stok substantief {m} | cane [canes](the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane) |
| de strijdbijl begraven werkwoord | bury the hatchet(to stop fighting or arguing) |
| de tafel dekken werkwoord | table [tabled, tabling, tables](to put on a table) |
| de tand des tijds doorstaan werkwoord | stand the test of time(remain useful over a long period) |
| de teerling is geworpen phrase | the die is cast(conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner) |
| de tijd heelt alle wonden phrase | time heals all wounds(negative feelings eventually fade away) |
| de tijd nemen werkwoord | take one's time(go about something slowly and carefully) take time(to volunteer to spend one's time) |
| de tijd vliegt phrase | time flies(time seems to pass quickly) |
| de tijd zal 't leren phrase | time will tell(results of an action cannot be known beforehand) |
| de tijd zal het leren phrase | time will tell(results of an action cannot be known beforehand) |
| de tong uitsteken werkwoord | stick one's tongue out(to push one's tongue out) |
| de uwe pronoun | yours(possessive pronoun, plural) |
