boontje komt om zijn loontje

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “little bean receives its wages”. From a short morality tale told in the Klucht van Oene by Jan Vos, in which a bean laughs so hard at the misfortune of its companions that its belly ruptures.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːn.tjə kɔmt ɔm zɛi̯n loːn.tjə/
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Proverb

boontje komt om zijn loontje

  1. he that mischief hatches, mischief catches
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