"It's a poor thing that's good for nothing"

18:42 Jan 28, 2007
English to Flemish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: "It's a poor thing that's good for nothing"
Ik zoek een Vlaams spreekwoord voor deze uitdrukking. Ze werd gebruikt door in de 19de eeuw naar de VSA uitgeweken Vlamingen en het zou kunnen dat het Vlaams equivalent een dialectische uitdrukking is.
Zelf denk ik aan "voor niets gaat de zon op", "niets voor niets", maar dan mis ik het equivalent van it is a poor thing? Een nietsnut?
Williamson
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:28


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4T'is nen arme sukkelaar die voor niks deugd
inge kinget


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"it's a poor thing that's good for nothing"
T'is nen arme sukkelaar die voor niks deugd


Explanation:
I am born and raised in Belgium, Flanders, Leuven (town close to Meerbeek). I am not sure about an expression but this is how they would call "a poor bloke that's good for nothing."

inge kinget
United States
Local time: 09:28
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