Dunglish

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Wat is Dunglish?

The king of Dunglish: Louis van Gaal

- In sports it is always the goals that are counting

                   - That's another biscuit

                                - Ja, it is again the same song

                                    - We are running after the facts

                             - The three points are inside

Make that the cat wise

The Dunglish quiz

Choose the correct translation!

What is the correct expression?

1

1. You don't stand a chance.
2. You don't stand a change.
3. You don't have a chance at all.
4. You make no chance at all.

What is the correct expression?

2

1. I slept like a rose.
2. I slept like a log.
3. I slept like a baby.
4. I slept like a sheep

What is the correct expression?

3

1. Open your heart to someone.
2. Give someone courage.
3. Be couragious.
4. Stab someone through the heart.

What is the correct expression?

4

1. berserk
2. out of his / her mind
3. a bit crazy
4. he/she lost it completely

What is the correct expression?

5

1. the odd one out
2. you are a strange duck
3. he/ she does bite
4. you are a stranger

The Dunglish quiz

What is the correct Dutch translation of these English proverbs ( spreekwoorden)

It's all Greek to me

1. Mijn familie is Grieks
2. Is snap er geen bal van
3. Ik spreek Grieks
4. Dat ziet er Grieks uit

Still waters run deep

1. Rustig water is vaak diep
2. het water is veel te diep
3. Stille wateren diepe gronden

Its raining cats and dogs

1. Katten en honden houden niet van regen
2. Het regent honden en katten
3. Het regent pijpenstelen

A man's home is his castle

1. De man woont in zijn kasteel
2. Eigen haard is goud waard
3. Ieder huisje heeft zijn kruisje
4. Oost west, thuis best

After a storm comes a calm

1. het hoofd kalm houden
2. een storm in een glas water
3. wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten
4. na regen komt zonneschijn

The Dunglish quiz

Translate the English sentences into Dutch

Are you feeling well entirely delicious?

An accident sits in a little corner

This falls me now a bit from you against...

"What sits your hair nice today"

“We walk behind the facts on.“

Well done!