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zo link als een looien deur

Dutch

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Etymology

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Literally, “as dangerous as a leaden door”. Compare zo gek als een deur (literally “as crazy as as a door”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

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zo link als een looien deur (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, simile) Very dangerous.

Usage notes

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  • While looien is a Hollandic colloquial variation of loden and not standard language, this is nonetheless the form generally encountered even in print. Versions with the standard spelling loden are vanishingly rare.
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