eieren voor zijn geld kiezen
Dutch
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to choose eggs for [in stead of] one money”, meaning to accept something less valuable as payment instead of risking not getting any payment at all.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- (intransitive, idiomatic) to compromise, (out of necessity) to take less than one expected or wanted
Conjugation
editConjugation of eieren voor zijn geld kiezen: see kiezen.