Op deze pagina kun je ruim 3000 Engelse uitdrukkingen, spreekwoorden en gezegden opzoeken, met een verklaring in het Nederlands. Het zijn de uitdrukkingen die worden gebruikt door Engelse en Amerikaanse jongeren. Zoekopdrachten die geen resultaat opleveren worden opgeslagen, zodat we ons bestand kunnen aanvullen.
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meet your expectations
aan de verwachting voldoen
when something is as as good as you thought it would be
meet your match
je gelijke ontmoeten
meet a person who is at least as good if not better than you
melting pot
smeltkroes
a melting pot is a place where people from many ethnicities live together
memory like a sieve
geheugen als een vergiet
if somebody can't remember things and quickly forgets
memory like an elephant
geheugen als een olifant
when a person has a very good memory indeed
millstone round your neck
blok aan je been
a millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do
mince words
de boel verdraaien
if people mince their words, they don't say what they really mean clearly
mind your own beeswax
bemoei je met je eigen zaken
people should mind their own business
mind your p's and q's
je goed gedragen
when you are careful about the way you behave and are polite
mint condition
in prima conditie
if something is in mint condition, it is in perfect condition
misery guts
chagrijn
a misery guts is a person who's always unhappy and tries to make others feel negative
miss the boat
de boot missen
if you miss the boat, you are too late to take advantage of an opportunity
money burns a hole in your pocket
geld brandt in je zak
be eager to spend money, normally in a wasteful manner
money doesn`t grow on trees
geld groeit niet op mijn rug
you have to work to earn money; it doesn't come without effort
money laundering
geld witwassen
get illegal money into the mainstream so that it is believed to be legitimate and clean
money to burn
geld genoeg hebben
if someone is very rich, they have money to burn
monkey business
kattenkwaad
behave naughtily or mischievously this is the same as 'monkeying around'
monkey see, monkey do
na-apen
children will learn their behaviour by copying what they see around them
more haste, less speed
haastige spoed is zelden goed
the faster you try to do something, the more likely you are to make mistakes
more holes than swiss cheese
deugt van geen kanten
if something has more holes than a swiss cheese, it is incomplete
more than meets the eye
meer dan het lijkt
when something is more complex or difficult than it appears
more than one way to skin a cat
meerdere wegen leiden naar rome
there are different ways of achieving the same thing
move heaven and earth
hemel en aarde bewegen
be determined to get a job done in spite of all odds
move mountains
bergen verzetten
if you would move mountains to do something, you would make any effort
move the goalposts
De lat verleggen
change the standards required for something to your advantage
mover and shaker
een belangrijk persoon
a key figure in their particular area with a lot of influence and importance
much ado about nothing
veel gedoe om niets
if there's a lot of fuss about something trivial, there's much ado about nothing
much ado about nothing
een hoop gedoe om niks
make a lot of fuss about something which is not important
muck or nettles
alles of niets
muck or nettles' means 'all or nothing'
mud in the fire
zand erover
things that cannot be changed and that we usually forget about