het naadje van de kous

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “the seam of the sock”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈnaːtjə vɑn də ˈkɑu̯s/, /(ɦ)ət ˈnaːtjə vɑn də ˈkɑu̯s/

Noun

het naadje van de kous n (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) All details of a subject matter.

Usage notes

Now mostly used in the expresssion het naadje van de kous willen weten (see willen for the inflection), with willen and weten only seldom omitted or replaced by another verb.

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