De hond in de pot vinden
Meaning: To arrive too late — the food, or the opportunity, is gone.
Language: Dutch
Literally: To find the dog in the pot
Category: Animals
Origin: Come home after dinner in an old Dutch household and only the dog remains, licking the cooking pot clean.
More idioms — Animals
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- 拍马屁 — To flatter or suck up to someone.
- At have rotter på loftet — To be a little crazy.
- Päästä kuin koira veräjästä — To escape consequences entirely; to get off scot-free.
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More Dutch idioms
- Een appeltje met iemand te schillen hebben — To have a bone to pick with someone.
- Iets onder de knie hebben — To have mastered a skill.
- Met de neus in de boter vallen — To arrive at exactly the right, lucky moment.
- Het regent pijpenstelen — It is raining very heavily.
- Iets met de Franse slag doen — To do it carelessly and half-heartedly.
- De kat uit de boom kijken — To wait cautiously before committing.
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