lood om oud ijzer

Dutch

Phrase

lood om oud ijzer

1. (of two or more possibilities) It makes no difference.
   • 2016, Heinz Rein, De slag om Berlijn, Overamstel Uitgevers, →ISBN, page 65:

     'Of u me nou vertelt dat u Kempner heet of Schulze of Müller,' zegt de oude vrouw energiek, 'is me lood om oud ijzer, die naam zegt niks. U draait eromheen, jongeman. Bent u misschien van de inlichtingen?'

     'Whether you tell me your name is Kempner or Schulze or Müller,' says the old woman full of energy, 'makes no difference to me, a name means nothing. You are beating around the bush, young man. Are you perhaps from an intelligence agency?'