Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Flemish term or phrase:
handen boven het hoofd houden
English translation:
h: you can't protect them any longer
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Jul 23, 2004 18:20
19 yrs ago
Flemish term
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Dutch into English since 1991
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Works in: Dutch to English, English, Flemish to English
handen boven het hoofd houden
Flemish to English
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Je kan niet blijven de handen boven het hoofd houden van renners en hun entourage als die niet even stilstaan bij zichzelf of zoals ik het graag uitdruk ; “in-de-spiegel-kijken”
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What can't you keep doing if the racers and their entourage won't stop to take a good look at themselves?
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What can't you keep doing if the racers and their entourage won't stop to take a good look at themselves?
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| 5 +1 | you can't protect them any longer |
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you can't protect them any longer
If they don't have a good look at themselves and misbehave, you can't keep on protecting them.
That's it.
That's it.
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