LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.06.09 (03) [EN]

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From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2009.06.09 (02) [EN]

Hi Heather: you remarked that the English “wrapping someone up in cotton
wool” conveys the exact same thing as the Dutch “een kind in de watten
leggen” There are hundreds of expressions that Dutch and English have in
common. I have been told that the transfer took place in the harbors along
the River Thames in the 16th and 17th century. It is the ones we did not
exchange that make translating idiomatic Dutch into idiomatic English and
vice versa so devilishly difficult. Enjoy your summer. Jacqueline

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