de kool en de geit sparen

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “to spare the cabbage and the goat”. Compare French ménager la chèvre et le chou; cf. also the rare expression to have wolf full and wether whole.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /də ˈkoːl ɛn də ˈɣɛi̯t ˈspaː.rə(n)/

Verb

de kool en de geit sparen

  1. (idiomatic) to compromise in order to keep all parties satisfied, to meet halfway

Inflection
Conjugation of de kool en de geit sparen: see sparen.
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