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dweilen met de kraan open

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Literally, “to mop while the tap is running”.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʋɛi̯lə(n) ˌmɛ(t) də ˈkraːn ˈoːpə(n)/

Verb edit

dweilen met de kraan open

  1. (idiomatic) to treat the symptoms of a problem without dealing with the cause

Inflection edit

Conjugation of dweilen met de kraan open: see dweilen.
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