You’ve no doubt heard someone being referred to as a ‘flaming galah’, but Australia is not the only country to have idioms related to its landscape. Beth Seychell explores the maritime tilt of the Dutch language, sharing some highlights of this fascinating lexicon and explaining what these idioms have in common with some classic Aussie sayings.
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Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom’s Dutch ships ramming Spanish galleys off the English coast, 3 October 1602, painted in 1617 and shown at the Rijksmuseum. This image was sourced from Wikipedia Commons.