daar wringt het schoentje

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • daar wringt de schoen

Etymology

Literally, “there does the shoe pinch”. Compare English where the shoe pinches.

Phrase

daar wringt het schoentje

  1. therein lies the rub
  • waar het schoentje wringt
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