S3 E1: Boter aan de galg smeren
Nederlandse Spreekwoorden, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559.
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- 0:00 Brueghel proverb
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Brueghel proverb
Today's Brueghel proverb.
Boter aan de galg smeren.
Boter aan de galg smeren. — Literally: to smear butter on the gallows.
Meaning: wasted effort, doing something pointless. Example:
Hem proberen te overtuigen is boter aan de galg smeren. — Trying to convince him is wasted effort.
Doei doei!
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