de klok hebben horen luiden maar niet weten waar de klepel hangt

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk | contribs) as of 12:24, 8 February 2017.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Dutch

Etymology

Literally "to have heard the clock strike but not know where the clapper hangs".

Verb

de klok hebben horen luiden maar niet weten waar de klepel hangt

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to think one has an understanding of something, but fail to grasp the full story, the real essence or meaning

Inflection

Conjugation of de klok hebben horen luiden maar niet weten waar de klepel hangt: see hebben, weten, hangen.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=de_klok_hebben_horen_luiden_maar_niet_weten_waar_de_klepel_hangt&oldid=42213207"