in Dutch

Idioms and Phrases

In trouble or disfavor, as in If I don't finish on time I'll really be in Dutch . This expression may allude to the stern reprimands of a Dutch uncle . [ Slang ; c. 1850]

Example Sentences

He was supposed to be the next superstar in Dutch, and European, football.

From BBC

Mark Rutte, the departing prime minister of the Netherlands who has guided more than $3 billion in Dutch military support to Ukraine since 2022, on Thursday clinched the last assurance he needed to become NATO’s next secretary general.

From New York Times

Max’s father, Albert Heppner, was a Berlin-born art dealer specializing in Dutch old master paintings.

From New York Times

But hundreds of other artworks from her family gallery remained in Dutch museums.

From New York Times

In 2006, Desi’s daughter-in-law, Marei von Saher, and his granddaughter, Charlène von Saher, won one of the landmark restitution cases in Dutch history, when 202 paintings were returned to Desi’s children.

From New York Times