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Art/Literary - Linguistics / Proverbs | | Dutch term or phrase: Het hemd is nader dan de rok. | Re Het hemd is nader dan de rok.
Greetings,
Please could you explain the meaning/usage of this proverb?
All the best,
Simon |
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| | Charity begins at home. | Explanation:
Meaning "charity begins at home, is the proverb and quotation by Thomas Fuller Gnomologia is "charity begins at home, and should not end there." Definition: love (charity) starts from home.
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-11-23 16:31:02 GMT)
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You should take care of family and people close to you before you worry about helping others.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/charity |
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 Yasutomo Kanazawa
Local time: 13:38
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19 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 Charity begins at home.
Explanation:
Meaning "charity begins at home, is the proverb and quotation by Thomas Fuller Gnomologia is "charity begins at home, and should not end there." Definition: love (charity) starts from home.
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-11-23 16:31:02 GMT)
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You should take care of family and people close to you before you worry about helping others.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/charity
| Yasutomo Kanazawa
Local time: 13:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:  Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4
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25 mins confidence:
38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 Blood is thicker than water
Explanation:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=blood*18 0&di... :
"...means family relationships are stronger and more important than other kinds of relationships"
| Sindy Cremer
Ireland
Local time: 05:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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33 mins confidence: Near is my skirt, but nearer is my skin.
Explanation:
Here is the entry from VanDale:
het hemd is nader dan de rok
near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin
near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock
± charity begins at home
The last option is indeed what Yasutomo suggested.
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Note added at 36 mins (2009-11-23 16:45:49 GMT)
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I have actually found out that "near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock" is more common than "near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin".
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Note added at 39 mins (2009-11-23 16:49:08 GMT)
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I take back what I said in my previous note: the one with the shirt is obviously more common than the one with the kirtle.
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Note added at 41 mins (2009-11-23 16:50:36 GMT)
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And I just found out there's a typo in the answer I provided: it should be shirt, not skirt! :-s
| BeCrystalClear
Local time: 06:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
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Reference information:
The new Routledge Dutch dictionary: Dutch-English/English-Dutch - Google Books Result
by N. E. Osselton, R. Hempelman - 2003 - Foreign Language Study - 909 pages
... (naasten)liefde || - charity begins at home (roughly) het hemd is nader dan de rok charlatan ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=041530041X..
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Note added at 43 mins (2009-11-23 16:53:06 GMT)
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Van Dale Nl-En dictionary
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het hemd is nader dan de rok
near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin
near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock
± charity begins at home
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