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Marketing - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / interview / newspaper article | | Dutch term or phrase: in het leven op de apenrots | Phrase appears in a newspaper article (interview with a marketing manager), in the following sentence:
'Hij is iemand die gepokt en gemazeld is in het leven op de apenrots.'
Translation: 'He is someone who has been tried and tested ...'
Would anyone be able to give me a suggestion for 'in het leven op de apenrots'? I cannot find a reference to it.
Is it a metaphor playing with living in a crowded area?
Many thanks in advance! |
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Ken Cox
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| Grading comment Thanks to everyone for all their help. I decided to go for Kenneth's option, which nicely keeps a bit of the 'jungle' feeling. Thanks Kenneth!
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39 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 in making a career for himself
Explanation:
Dieren- & managementmetaforen
De apenrots (carrière maken 1)
Waarom wil iedereen tegenwoordig maar carrière maken? Niets dierlijks is ons mensen vreemd. Want ook dieren willen naar de top. Voor apen letterlijk. Zij willen naar de top van de apenrots. De mannetjesaap wil naar de top eenvoudigweg omdat er aan de top meer te eten (en te bonken) valt. Voor de mensenwereld zal hetzelfde wel gelden zou je denken. Het tegendeel is waar. Midas Dekkers vraagt zich vertwijfeld af waarom je als manager naar de top zou willen immers: "…de baas geniet heus niet meer van zijn eten dan de secretaresse; al die zakenlunches komen hem (haar!) waarschijn de strot uit. Het enige wat hij ergens insteekt is zijn neus en enige wat hij hard maakt zijn doelstellingen".
(Ontleend aan: De koe en de kanarie, Midas Dekkers, 1998)
Reference: http://www.floor.nl/animalorg/animal.html
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 in the corporate jungle
Explanation:
rather a cliche (as is 'het leven op de apenrots'), but it retains the metaphor
| Ken Cox
Local time: 06:36
Native speaker of:  English
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