eieren voor zijn geld kiezen

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “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

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯.ə.rə(n) voːr zɛi̯n ˈɣɛlt ˈki.zə(n)/

Verb

eieren voor zijn geld kiezen

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to compromise, (out of necessity) to take less than one expected or wanted

Conjugation

Conjugation of eieren voor zijn geld kiezen: see kiezen.
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