Brueghel proverbs, episode 12: Door de mand vallen
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EN: Today's Brueghel proverb.
NL: Door de mand vallen.
NL: Door de mand vallen.
EN: Literally: to fall through the basket. Meaning: to be found out - your bluff collapses and everyone sees it. This one is still ordinary spoken Dutch, not a museum piece. Note that it takes zijn in the perfect, not hebben, because vallen is a verb of motion: hij is door de mand gevallen.
NL: Bij de eerste vraag viel hij door de mand.
EN: At the very first question he was found out.
NL: Prettige dag verder!