de kool en de geit sparen

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “to spare the cabbage and the goat”. Compare French ménager la chèvre et le chou; cf. also the rare expression to have wolf full and wether whole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də ˈkoːl ɛn də ˈɣɛi̯t ˈspaː.rə(n)/

Verb

de kool en de geit sparen

1. (idiomatic) to compromise in order to keep all parties satisfied, to meet halfway

Inflection

Conjugation of de kool en de geit sparen: see sparen.