lood om oud ijzer
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Phrase
- (of two or more possibilities) It makes no difference
- 2016, Heinz Rein, De slag om Berlijn, Overamstel Uitgevers, →ISBN, page 65:
- 'Of u me nou vertelt dat u Kempner heet of Schulze of Müller,' zegt de oude vrouw energiek, 'is me lood om oud ijzer, die naam zegt niks. U draait eromheen, jongeman. Bent u misschien van de inlichtingen?'
- 'Whether you tell me your name is Kempner or Schulze or Müller,' says the old woman full of energy, 'makes no difference to me, a name means nothing. You are beating around the bush, young man. Are you perhaps from an intelligence agency?'
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