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In Italy there is specific phrase to describe sharing a bill in equal parts that is pagare alla romana ('to pay as the Romans [do]', 'to pay Roman-style') but there is not an equivalent to "going dutch" since it is very uncommon. [2] In Greece, the practice is colloquially called refené. In Catalonia "going Dutch" is the rule among Catalans.
There are a number of phrases that refer to Dutch people, or originate from the Netherlands. List ... "Dutch courage, going Dutch, double Dutch: ...
This is an incomplete list of Dutch expressions used in English; some are relatively common (e.g. cookie), some are comparatively rare.In a survey by Joseph M. Williams in Origins of the English Language it is estimated that about 1% of English words are of Dutch origin.
Dutch uncle is an informal term for a person who issues frank, harsh or severe comments and criticism to educate, encourage or admonish someone. Thus, a "Dutch uncle" is the reverse of what is normally thought of as avuncular or uncle-like (indulgent and permissive).
A variation frequently used in Germany is der Kunde ist König ('the customer is king'), an expression that is also used in Dutch (klant is koning), while in Japan the motto okyakusama wa kamisama desu (お客様は神様です), meaning 'the customer is a god', is common. [citation needed]
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An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
van (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a very common prefix in Dutch language surnames, where it is known as a tussenvoegsel. In those cases it nearly always refers to a certain, often quite distant, ancestor's place of origin or residence; for example, Ludwig van Beethoven "from Beethoven" (maybe Bettenhoven ) [ 1 ] [ better source needed ] and ...