Dutch

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in Dutch (with someone)

in trouble with someone. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.)

I didn’t want to get in Dutch with you.

If I don't finish on time I'll really be in Dutch.

I'm in Dutch with my parents for my low grades.

You're in Dutch quite often, it seems.

double Dutch - speech or writing that is impossible to understand, and that seems to be nonsense

These instructions are written in double Dutch.

Dutch auction - a sale in which the price of an item is reduced until somebody offers to buy it

Dutch courage - the false courage or confidence that a person gets from drinking alcohol

go Dutch (with somebody) - to share the cost of something with somebody

Dutch treat - a social occasion where one pays for oneself. (Viewed by some as insulting to the Dutch.) каждый платит за себя

"It's nice of you to ask me out to dinner," she said, "but could we make it a Dutch treat?"

The office outing is always a Dutch treat.

Dutch uncle - a man who gives frank and direct advice to someone. (In the way an uncle might, but not a real relative.)

I would not have to lecture you like a Dutch uncle if you were not so extravagant.

He acts more like a Dutch uncle than a husband. He's forever telling her what to do in public.

the Dutch act and the Dutch cure - n. suicide.

Well, Ken took the Dutch cure last week. So sad. It was the Dutch act. He ate his gun.