While doing some research on wikipedia for this entry, I found out that this time, the exception is not “your random European language”, but instead… English is the odd one out.
So, if I say this picture depicts a pig in a poke, you’d say “Wait, there’s no pig in this picture?!”
Well, you figure it out. Here’s some reading material. Dit is een kat in de zak. Nouja, eigenlijk een poes, om precies te zijn.
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You shouldn’t have taught me this, Jacco! I love, and soak up old, antiquated words and sayings! And use them quite regularly in normal everyday conversation, causing others to look at me rather odd. 🙂
I’ll keep that in mind (and use some more sayings and expressions whenever I get the chance).